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First Solar Builds Highest Efficiency Thin Film PV Cell on Record

A 21.0 percent conversion efficiency research cell certified at Newport TAC Lab

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

First Solar, Inc. announced it has set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency, achieving 21.0% efficiency certified at the Newport Corporation’s Technology and Applications Center (TAC) PV Lab. The record-setting cell was constructed at the company’s Perrysburg, OH manufacturing factory and Research & Development Center, using processes and materials designed for commercial-scale manufacturing. The record has been documented in t...

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