30.1% Perovskite Silicon Tandem Cell Efficiency
Solliance Reports Crossing 30% Efficiency Barrier For 4-Terminal Perovskite Silicon Tandem Solar Cell
Solliance consortium has reported crossing the power conversion efficiency barrier of 30% for tandem solar cells with 30.1% efficiency for 4-terminal (4T) semi transparent perovskite silicon tandem cell at the 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC-8).
Solliance Perovskite Modules Pass Three Tests
Solliance & Eindhoven University Of Technology Claim Thin Film Perovskite Solar Modules Clear Three Tests, Inching Closer To Commercialization
European thin film solar PV research organization Solliance says encapsulated perovskite solar modules fabricated using industrial processes have been able to pass three lifetime tests.
23% Efficiency For Flexible Perovskite CIGS Cell
MiaSole & Solliance Claim 23% Power Conversion Efficiency For Perovskite & Flexible CIGS Tandem Cell Through Process Improvement In Bottom CIGS Cell
In January 2019, US based flexible solar cell company MiaSole Hi-Tech and European Solliance Solar Research reported 21.5% power conversion efficiency for a perovskite and flexible CIGS tandem cell (see 21.5% Efficiency For Flexible Tandem Cell).
30.2% Efficiency For Bifacial Tandem Solar Cell
Energy Research Centre Of Netherlands & Solliance Claim 30.2% ‘Equivalent’ Power Conversion Efficiency For Bifacial Tandem c-Si/Perovskite Cell; Now Aim For 35% Efficiency Within 3 To 5 Years
ECN says to achieve the ‘equivalent’ efficiency level of 30.2%, the bifacial tandem device used a 4-terminal configuration, having separate circuits for the top and bottom cells that allow for ‘dynamic finetuning and optimization of the energy yield’.
21.5% Efficiency For Flexible Tandem Cell
Solliance & MiaSole Hi-Tech Report 21.5% Power Conversion Efficiency Using Perovskite Solar Cell On Top & Flexible CIGS Cell On Bottom
The team of Solliance and MiaSole achieved a 21.5% power conversion efficiency by bringing together perovskite and CIGS cell technologies. Pictured is a perovskite top cell with sample of a flexible Miasole CIGS cell.
Higher Efficiency For Imec’s nPERT & Tandem CIGS Cell
Imec Reports 23.03% Conversion Efficiency For nPERT Cells & 24.6% For Perovskite/CIGS Tandem Cell At EUPVSEC 2018
Belgium based research and innovation institute Imec has achieved a conversion efficiency of 23.03% on the latest generation of large-area monofacial screen-printed rear-emitter nPERT cells.
