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HomepageNews & EventsNew records for the solar cell of tomorrow
February 1, 2019

New records for the solar cell of tomorrow

Researchers at CSEM have made an important leap toward cost-effective solar energy by raising the one-sun efficiency of a fully industry-compatible silicon heterojunction solar cell to 24.2 %.

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