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Improving efficiency of solar photovoltaic cells takes months, sometimes years. The last few
days, however, have been very interesting as three different companies announced recordbreaking efficiencies. Two of the cells even have the same technology.
Trina Solar, one of the leading solar PV modules manufacturers, announced on April 24 that it
had set a new world record for high efficiency p-type multi-crystalline silicon PV modules.
Trina Solars Honey Plus multi-crystalline silicon module reached a new module efficiency
record of 19.14%. The efficiency was independently confirmed by the National Center of
Supervision and Inspection on Solar Photovoltaic Product Quality (CPVT) in Wuxi, China.
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arnenl 3daysago
"OnApril27,GermanybasedManzannouncedthatithadachieved16%efficiencyin
copperindiumgalliumselenide(CIGS)solarcells"
Oops,thatlinkisdead.Andtherecordwasforamodule,notacell.
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LuigiFreitas>arnenl 2daysago
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MrL0g1c 3daysago
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Toomanytypes,it'sbewildering:
efficiency_chart.jpg(JPEGImage,41902456pixels)
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Ithoughtthateconomical18%efficiencypanelswe'rebeingsoldforresidentialuse
rightnow.Whatarethetopmostcommontypesinresidentialandutilityscale
markets?
WithaModuleefficiencyof18.5%andacellconversionefficiencyof22%),theHIT
N285rankshighonthelevelofefficiencyinthemarket.
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Larmion>MrL0g1c 2daysago
ResidentialisdominatedbymulticrystallineSi,withasmallermarketsharefor
monocrystallineSi(called'singlecrystal'inthechart).
Thosetypeshaveabigmajorityoftheutilityscalemarkettoo,butthinfilmcells
makeastrongshowinghere.FirstSolarisdoingverywellwithitsCdTecells.
CIGSismuchsmaller,butisdoingwellinJapanandaselectfewother
markets.It'saverypromisingtechnologybecauseofitseasymanufacturing.
Multijunctioncellareextremelyexpensivecellsusedonlyforspacecraftand
othernicheapplicationswhereeverysquareinchmatters.They'renot
expectedtoenduponyourroofanytimesoom.SamestoryforGaAs.
The'EmergingPV'lumpstogetheralltechnologieswithoutaproventrack
record.Quantumdot,organicanddyecellshavelowefficienciesandother
problems,butcanbeprintedonprettymucheverysurface.Withbetterstability
andevenlowercost,theymightfindnicheapplications(thinkashirtthat
chargesyourphone).Perovskitecellsareextremelypromisingonpaper(high
efficiency,lowcost)butdegradeveryquickly.Theymightgofar,butthen
againtheyjustaswellmightnot.
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againtheyjustaswellmightnot.
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Thatwasveryinformative,thanks.I'mcheckingtheNRELefficiencies
graphonaregularbasis,buthavegenerallyassumedalltechtobe
equallyviable,justavailableatdifferentpricepoints.
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Larmion>zircon 2daysago
Yourassumptionofalinearincreaserelationbetweencostand
efficiencyisperfectlyvalidinthe1525%efficiencyrangewhere
themassmarketpaneltechnologies(thinfilmandSi)are.
Asyoustartgoinghigherthan25%ish,youneed
engineeringtricksthatarestillhorriblyexpensive(thinkstacking
materialswithdifferentbandgapsandconcentratinglenses).
Costsgoupmuch,muchfasterthanefficienciesbecauseof
that.
Inthelowerend(saysub15%)ofthemarket,youhave
technologiesplaguedbyaveryshortlifespanandatotallackof
manufacturingexpertise.
Theoneexceptiontomyruleofthumbisperovskite.Thathas
enteredthe1525%rangelongbeforebecomingastable,
maturetechnology.Watchthatone.
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JamesWimberley 3daysago
It'sstrikingthatTrina'sproductionmoduleratingof19.14%foraPERCpolysilicon
moduleissoclosetoitspreproductionlabrecordof20.8%:only1.66%lower.The
gapfortheCIGSpeopleismuchwider.Wemaysee20%polymodulesinproduction
beforetheyearisout,butitwillbeextraordinarilydifficulttogosignificantlyhigherthan
that.IIRCthelabrecordforapolycellhasbeenstuckat23%forsometime.
Furtherprogresswillprobablyrequiretheradicallynewtechnologythebigmakersare
soreluctanttoplungeinto,forinstanceperovskiteonsilicontandemcells.Watchout
forannouncememetsfromsmartminnowslikeOxfordPhotovoltaicsandDyesol.
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BtotheT 2daysago
Solar'sgonnabeawinnerprettysoononceitcanhit35cents/pW(I'dliketoseeCIGS,
perovskite,orCZTSmakea3%leap)andwegotthePowerwalltoboot.I'vegotta
admitthingsareontheupnupformyoutlookfor2016,andit'smuchneededtiming.
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Rita>BtotheT 2daysago
If/whenmoduleshit25%efficiency,itwillbeoverFFifthepricepointis
correct.:))
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