South Korea: DSSC thin film solar cell conversion efficiency can be increased to 16%

Yonhap News South Korean media reports, The state-run Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) 29 announced that has developed to a substantial increase in thin-film panchromatic solar cells conversion efficiency of the manufacturing process can be yellow, red, green three different color layer stack in a layer of TiO2 film. According to the report, the technology can be DSSC solar cell conversion efficiency from the previous level of 11% to further improve to around 15-16%.

Thomson Reuters reports that the United States cadmium telluride thin film solar cell module maker First Solar Inc. President Bruce Sohn on June 24 conference in Las Vegas that is expected in 2014 the company's thin-film solar cell production costs can be Point in 2009 from Q1 of 0.93 U.S. dollars per watt down to 0.52-0.63 dollars, and energy conversion efficiency is expected from the current 10.9 percent to 12.5 percent boost.

cadmium telluride thin film solar cells of the highest conversion efficiency was 16.5%, from the United States reached a National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In addition, SunPower Corp. Just in the near future to introduce a 19.3 percent conversion efficiency of crystalline silicon solar cells.

Jun. 30, 2009