News Digest Item
05 Apr 2018

New solar cell transforms a third of absorbed sunlight into power

Fraunhofer ISE

German solar PV research institute Fraunhofer ISE has substantially increased solar cell efficacy with a new cell that transforms 33.3 percent of absorbed sunlight into power, the institute says in a press release. Fraunhofer ISE developed the silicon-based multi-junction solar cell together with German company EV Group.

Read the press release in English here.

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