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Imec, Solvay Announce World Record Efficiency for OPV Module

Achieves a world-record certified efficiency of 5.5 percent

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Imec and Solvay have announced an organic photovoltaic (OPV) module with a world-record certified efficiency of 5.5%, certified by Newport. An optimum performance at module-level is a crucial step towards upscaling the production process and successful commercialization of organic photovoltaic cells. This result was achieved using a novel inverted bulk heterojunction architecture developed by imec in close collaboration with Solvay and a proprietary ActivInk semiconductor from Polyera. Organi...

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