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Solar Frontier Achieves World Record Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency of 23.35%

Represents a 0.4% increase over the previous world record of 22.9% that Solar Frontier set in November 2017.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Solar Frontier K.K., a leading provider of CIS solar energy solutions, has set a new world record for thin-film solar cell efficiency. In joint research with the National Research and Development Agency’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan, Solar Frontier achieved 23.35% conversion efficiency on a 1cm² cell using cadmium (Cd)-free CIS technology. The result was independently verified by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technolog...

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