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Friday, October 12, 2007
New solar cell efficiency records set by IMEC, SI reports
Oct 12 2007 12:26PM | Permalink |Comments (0) |
Interesting article alert!
Our sister publication Semiconductor International is reporting that at SEMICON Europa this week new efficiency records for thin-wafer silicon and germanium solar cells have been reported by Belgian R&D consortium IMEC.
According to the article by SI Editor in Chief Pete Singer, IMEC realized an efficiency of 17.4 percent for its thin-wafer silicon solar cells by using its industrial passivated emitter and rear cells (i-PERC) process. By using the i-PERC process as a method to passivate the rear side and create local contact, efficiencies above 20 percent are definitely within reach, IMEC reported in the article.
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