Solar Panels Energy Efficiency Increased by 6% - Bram Hoex, Eindhoven University

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Thursday, June 19, 2008

Solar Panels Energy Efficiency Increased by 6% - Bram Hoex, Eindhoven University

Physicist Bram Hoex and colleagues at Eindhoven University of Technology, together with the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany, have developed a process that improves the energy produced by solar panels by six per cent (in relative terms), a new world record in solar cell efficiency.

By using an ultra-thin aluminium oxide layer at the front of the solar cell, Hoex was able to improve the cell’s conversion of sunlight into energy from 21.9 per cent to 23.2 per cent. The record breaking technology was showcased in the USA at a major solar power convention.

Labels: efficiency, solar