Comments on: Solar3D Successfully Fabricates Initial Prototype http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/30/solar3d-successfully-fabricates-initial-prototype/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 05:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Anne http://cleantechnica.com/2012/07/30/solar3d-successfully-fabricates-initial-prototype/#comment-128515 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:49:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=40888#comment-128515 “The
simulated design efficiency of the design was over 25 percent, which equates to an increase of over 50 percent above commercially available
silicon solar cells”

Nitpick: SunPower hold the record for commercially available silicon cells at ~24 %. So these cells are only about 4% better than the best available technology. http://cleantechnica.com/2012/03/28/solar-cell-efficiency-world-record-sunpower/

Much will depend on how cheaply this can be incorporated in the production process.

“which will finally unleash the full potential of converting sunlight to electricity for the benefit of the world,”

I do not really see what fundamental difference this technology would make to justify this claim.

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