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January 17, 2013

NRL Designs Multi-Junction Solar Cell to Break Efficiency Barrier
Arlington VA (SPX) Jan 17, 2013
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists in the Electronics Technology and Science Division, in collaboration with the Imperial College London and MicroLink Devices, Inc., Niles, Ill., have proposed a novel triple-junction solar cell with the potential to break the 50 percent conversion efficiency barrier, which is the current goal in multi-junction photovoltaic development. "This research has produced a novel, realistically achievable, lattice-matched, multi-junction solar cell design with the p ... read more

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