Technology

Solar Frontier beats own CIS record with 17.8% efficiency

Japan’s Solar Frontier says it has set a new record for CIS (copper, indium and selenium) thin-film technology, with a 17.8% aperture-area efficiency.

The technology developed at Arc is being used at Solar Frontier's Kunitomi plant
The technology developed at Arc is being used at Solar Frontier's Kunitomi plant
  • Darius Snieckus, Bristol
Published 28 February 2012, 13:31Updated 23 September 2016, 12:09