Natcore Technology’s new solar cells, based on the company’s all-back-contact silicon cell structure design, have reached commercial-level solar conversion efficiencies, according to a new press release. This is notable for two primary reasons: Natcore Technology’s cell design replaces the relatively expensive silver used in most designs with lower-cost aluminum; and … [continued]
Natcore Technology’s black silicon wafers have now been processed into actual working solar cells in a production line, rather than a laboratory setting, for the first time. This has been done by one of the world’s largest photovoltaic manufacturers, which is located in China’s Hunan province. Five batches of the … [continued]
Finding ways to reduce the reflectivity of silicon PV cells to near zero and produce them cheaply enough in commercial quantities is a big challenge. Natcore, working in partnership with NREL, believes they’re nearly there with their near-commercialization of black silicon solar cells. […]
