SOLAR FRONTIER ACHIEVES WORLD RECORD THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY

摘要

Solar Frontier has set a new world record for thin-film solar cell efficiency. In a joint research with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan, Solar Frontier has achieved 22.3 per cent conversion efficiency on a 0.5 cm~2 cell using its CIS technology. This increase of 0.6 percentage points over the industry's previous thin-film record of 21.7 per cent. The Fraunhofer Institute, Europe's largest organization for applied research, has independently verified this result."This is a proud achievement for Solar Frontier and a significant advancement for our CIS technology. This is the first time that CIS has crossed the 22 per cent efficiency boundary-a level not yet surpassed by any other thin-film or multi-crystalline silicon technology, "said Satoru Kuriyagawa, Chief Technology Officer of Solar Frontier/This latest achievement brings us a step closer toward realizing Solar Frontier's long- term goal of exceeding 30 per cent efficiency using CIS."