Boeing to Mass-Produce Record-Breaking 39.2 Percent Efficiency Solar Cell

November 29th, 2010

“Mass-produce” in this context probably means for use in utility scale concentrator-type applications.

Via: Gizmag:

When it comes to solar cells, everyone is chasing the highest conversion efficiency. Although we’ve seen conversion efficiencies of over 40 percent achieved with multi-junction solar cells in lab environments, Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab is bringing this kind of efficiency to mass production with the announcement of its C3MJ+ solar cells which boast an average conversion efficiency of 39.2 percent.

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