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imec: Perovskite/CIGS Tandem Cell Achieves Record Efficiency

Introduced at the EU PVSEC conference.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

At the EU PVSEC Conference, imec presented a thin-film tandem solar cell consisting of a top perovskite cell it developed within the partnerships of EnergyVille and Solliance, and a bottom CIGS cell from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW, Stuttgart, Germany). The tandem cell resulting from this collaboration achieves a record efficiency of 24.6%.   The perovskite top cell in the tandem uses light in the visible part of the solar spectrum, while the light in the near-IR spect...

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