Suntech monocrystalline silicon PV cells reached 19% conversion efficiency

Mar 30 message, the world's third largest manufacturer of PV modules Suntech recently claimed that the Pluto technology has been used to achieve conversion efficiency of silicon cells 19%, polycrystalline silicon 17%.

This is sent to a number of recently adopted Tak Pluto technology to the PV cell samples of the German Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, a world-renowned third-party certification bodies only after the publication of results. Fraunhofer Institute test results are of single crystal silicon solar cell conversion efficiency reached 18.8%, polycrystalline silicon 17.2% reached. At the same time, two types of batteries that Tak has Pluto in its production line in the batch output 34MW, and this is the use of the general class of solar silicon wafers to achieve results.

Wenham Suntech technical Explorer doctor said that with the usual efficiency of solar cells, monocrystalline silicon and polycrystalline silicon cells of 16.5% compared to 15.5%, Suntech's Pluto technology to achieve a new breakthrough. Wenham doctor also pointed out that the use of Pluto technology Tak battery modules can be mass-produced the world's most efficient one of polysilicon solar cells.

Patents pending in the Pluto technology is developed by the University of NSW Australia PERL technology, in the laboratory has achieved a record efficiency of 25%. Suntech is expected in the next 2 years Pluto technology is the goal of the conversion efficiency of monocrystalline silicon cells reached 20% and the efficiency of polycrystalline silicon 18%.

Source: windosi.com Mar. 30, 2009