"The high efficiencies of our solar cells are the most effective way to reduce the electricity-generation costs for concentrating PV systems," says Andreas Bett, department head at Fraunhofer ISE. "We want PV to become competitive with conventional methods of electricity production as soon as possible. With our new efficiency results, we have moved a big step further towards achieving this goal."
New record for PV cell efficiency
A German research team has announced it has broken the conversion efficiency record for a photovoltaic (PV) cell, in what scientists say is a big step towards delivering solar energy at a cost that is competitive with conventional energy sources.
22 January 2009 23:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 8:51 GMT
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