CleanTechnica » heterojunction solar technology http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 New Efficiency Record for Photovoltaic Cells Set, Jump in Efficiency Thanks to Heterojunction Technology http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/30/new-efficiency-record-for-photovoltaic-cells-set-jump-in-efficiency-thanks-to-heterojunction-technology/ http://cleantechnica.com/2012/09/30/new-efficiency-record-for-photovoltaic-cells-set-jump-in-efficiency-thanks-to-heterojunction-technology/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:28:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=43347   A new solar photovoltaic conversion efficiency record for solar cells made of amorphous and monocrystalline silicon of 21.4% was recently set, thanks to the innovations of researchers at EPFL’s Institute of Microengineering in Neuchatel. The research team, led by professor Christophe Ballif, director of the Photovoltaics Laboratory (PVlab), recently presented their work at the

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