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Hiking solar cell efficiency: Moser Baer, Yingli/Dupont trot their latest numbers
… the Netherlands (ECN) and Amtech's Tempress subsidiary, aiming to reduce up to 40% metal coverage vs. standard c - Si cells , translating to around a 1.5% gain in relative cell efficiency; it also expects to realize far better cost reductions …
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US, California PV installs soaring
… counts "at least 27" firms in the state involved in "solar-related activities" just in production of ingots, c - Si cells /modules, and thin-film cells/modules. And the state's solar projects are big, too: First Solar's 550MW …
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No tool standardization in thin-film solar? Here's another way to cut costs
… on substrates other than c-Si. For now, thin-film PV cells are less efficient at converting solar energy than c - Si cells , but a number of thin-film PV manufacturers are pursuing technology approaches hoping that lower material costs will …
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Canadian Solar MWT solar cells hit 19.5% efficiency
… Microcircuit Materials in its ELPS cells, acheiving 19.5% solar cell conversion efficiency for monocrystalline silicon ( c - Si ) cells using metal wrap through (MWT) technology . DuPont Solamet paste used in Canadian Solar's ELPS solar cells. DuPont …
