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United Solar Announces NREL Measurement of World Record 12% Efficient Thin-Film Silicon Cell

Potential to reduce cost of generating solar eectricity by 20 percent

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

United Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) and manufacturer of UNI-SOLAR brand photovoltaic (PV) laminates, announced that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed an initial 12% conversion efficiency of a large-area solar cell using UNI-SOLAR’s proprietary Nano-Crystalline silicon. To date, this is the highest large-area cell efficiency confirmed by NREL for thin-film silicon PV technology. United Solar has worked with NREL for...

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