Comments on: Sharp Hits Concentrator Solar Cell Efficiency Record, 43.5%

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Sharp Regains Solar Cell Efficiency Record − — Tue, 28 May 2013 12:48:51 +0000

[…] Incidentally, Sharp also tied the solar cell efficiency record for this higher category last year, reaching 43.5%, a record which Solar Junction had already set, and which it has now risen to […]

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By: Don Wagner

Don Wagner — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:40:00 +0000

Excellent article, I liked the wording “Sharp has developed solar cells that match the concentrator solar cell efficiency world record”. A lot of the articles incorrectly paraphrased the information as breaking the record, not matching it. It is good to see someone getting the technical details correct. Note that this has still not been published in the “Solar cell efficiency tables” as of version 40 which was published 24 JUL 2012. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pip.2267/pdf The highest submodule efficiency is38.5% +/-1.9% submodule byt DuPont et al. with a plit spectrum system. I think we can see module efficiency at 40% within three years. The work at ASU http://nanophotonics.asu.edu/paper/Caselli_OE2011.pdf combined with the Rainbow Concentrator by Sol Solution ttp://www.sol-solution.net/Technology.html is one path that may get us there.

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Canadian Solar Sets New Solar Cell Efficiency Record - CleanTechnica — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 00:58:56 +0000

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