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Konarka Technologies Advances Award-Winning Power Plastic Solar Cell Efficiency with 9 Percent Certification

Next generation OPV cells make efficiency advances for energy-harvesting structures, autos and devices

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Konarka Technologies, Inc. announced that Newport Corporation has certified Konarka’s next generation organic solar cells as demonstrating 9% single-junction efficiency. These recent advances continue to be based upon Konarka’s inverted cell architecture, the company’s intellectual property protected under issued patents. Located in Irvine, CA, the Newport Technology & Applications Center’s Photovoltaic (TAC-PV) Lab is accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA...

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