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Nanosolar Increases Solar Cell Efficiency to 16.4% and Starts Mass Production
- jacquesm 17y agoCompany site with the announcement: http://www.nanosolar.com/company/blog/nanosolar-completes-panel-factory-commences-serial-production http://www.nanosolar.com/company/blog/nanosolar-completes-pa...
- snewe 17y agoA commenter http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/nanosolar-solar-power-efficiency-germany-factory-mass-production.php#comment-282874 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/nanosolar-solar-powe... makes an interesting point about the true gains in efficiency. The second press release: http://www.nanosolar.com/company/blog/nrel-certifies-164-nanosolar-foil-efficiency http://www.nanosolar.com/company/blog/nrel-certifies-164-nan... states: "In terms of our current baseline production process, our best production rolls now achieve higher than 11% median efficiency measured as equivalent to panel efficiency, with very tight cross- and down-web uniformity."
- jbrun 17y agoCorrection: The 16.4% figure above is for the best Nanosolar solar cells, not for all of them. The company states that: "In terms of our current baseline production process, our best production rolls now achieve higher than 11% median efficiency measured as equivalent to panel efficiency, with very tight cross- and down-web uniformity." That's still very good, but far from 16.4%. Sorry for the confusion.