World Record Solar Panel Efficiency

Solar cell with world s highest conversion efficiency of 37 7 sets new record with triple junction compound solar cell dec 05 2012 new world record efficiency for thin film silicon solar cells.

World record solar panel efficiency. The six junction solar cell now holds the world record for the highest solar conversion efficiency at 47 1 which was. Solar module efficiency records continue to fall. Australian researchers have claimed a new world efficiency record for solar panels that can directly split water using sunlight in an achievement that opens up a new pathway to low cost renewable. This solar technology involves stacking six different layers that are photoactive.

The most recent world record for each technology is highlighted along the right edge in a flag that contains the efficiency and the symbol of the technology. Fraunhofer institute for solar energy systems. Though they will come with a higher price tag sunpower will often be the consumer. The efficiency of the solar cells used in a photovoltaic system in combination with latitude and climate determines the annual energy output of the system for example a solar panel with 20 efficiency and an area of 1 m 2 will produce 200.

Solar cell efficiency refers to the portion of energy in the form of sunlight that can be converted via photovoltaics into electricity by the solar cell. This latest kind of solar technology has managed to set a world record. A new kind of solar technology has set a world record for the most efficient generation of energy by a solar cell. The outcome was surprising.

A record setting multi junction cell that was able to achieve 50 efficiency in the lab and almost 40 in the single sun real life setting. The most efficient solar panels on the market today have efficiency ratings as high as 22 8 whereas the majority of panels range from 15 to 17 efficiency rating. The company or group that fabricated the device for each most recent record is bolded on the plot. Longi claims a 22 38 efficiency world record for a perc mono panel while jinko has achieved conversion efficiencies of 21 82 and 22 49 for its p type perc and n type hot bifacial panels respectively.