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Title: Solar cell efficiency tables (version 54)

Journal Article · · Progress in Photovoltaics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.3171 · OSTI ID:1786523
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  1. School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 Australia
  2. Directorate C—Energy, Transport and Climate European Commission—Joint Research Centre Via E. Fermi 2749 IT‐21027 Ispra (VA) Italy
  3. National Renewable Energy Laboratory 15013 Denver West Parkway Golden CO 80401 USA
  4. Department of Characterisation and Simulation/CalLab Cells Fraunhofer‐Institute for Solar Energy Systems Heidenhofstr. 2 D‐79110 Freiburg Germany
  5. Research Center for Photovoltaics (RCPV) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Central 2, Umezono 1‐1‐1 Tsukuba Ibaraki 305‐8568 Japan

Abstract Consolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented. Guidelines for inclusion of results into these tables are outlined, and new entries since January 2019 are reviewed.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
DE‐AC36‐08‐GO28308
OSTI ID:
1786523
Journal Information:
Progress in Photovoltaics, Journal Name: Progress in Photovoltaics Vol. 27 Journal Issue: 7; ISSN 1062-7995
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
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Cited by: 805 works
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