As of 2024, the world record for solar cell efficiency is 47.6%, set in May 2022 by Fraunhofer ISE, with a III-V four-junction concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) cell. [7][8] This beat the previous record of
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory maintains a plot of compiled values of highest confirmed conversion efficiencies for research cells, from 1976 to the present, for a range of
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The chart displays record research cell efficiencies for five major technologies: crystalline silicon cells, single-junction gallium arsenide cells, multijunction cells, thin films, and emerging PV.
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Moslehi MM, Kapur P, Kramer J, et al. World-record 20.6% efficiency 156 mm x 156 mm full-square solar cells using low-cost kerfless ultrathin epitaxial silicon & porous silicon lift-off technology for industry
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With the interactive version of the chart, users can pull up decades of research data and compare custom charts that focus on specific technologies or time periods.
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Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart NLR maintains a chart of the highest confirmed conversion efficiencies for research cells for a range of photovoltaic technologies, plotted from 1976
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Solar (photovoltaic) panels cumulative capacity Solar and wind power generation Solar energy generation by region Solar energy generation vs. capacity Solar photovoltaic module prices vs.
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory maintains a plot
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Consolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented. Guidelines for inclusion of results into these
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New module efficiency record: 23.5% under 1-sun illumination using thin-film single-junction GaAs solar cells. Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2012.
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