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NREL Certifies 16.4% Nanosolar Foil Efficiency

Most efficient printed solar cell of any kind as well as the most efficient cell on a truly low-cost metal foil

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

It was May 2006 when Nanosolar last released information about its power-conversion efficiencies to the public (for a cell sample on glass actually back then). Martin Roscheisen, Nanosolar’s CEO, noted that Nanosolar has made a lot of progress since then. He noted that Nanosolar’s lab and production teams have managed to make more progress on efficiency than the company had planned on in any of its business plans. As a result, Roscheisen announced that Nanosolar’s low-cost printed-CIGS-on-...

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