United Solar Announces NREL Measurement of World Record 12% Efficient Thin-Film Silicon Cell
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., January 31, 2011 – United Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (NASDAQ:ENER) and manufacturer of UNI-SOLAR® brand photovoltaic (PV) laminates, today announced that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has confirmed an initial 12% conversion efficiency of a large-area solar cell using UNI-SOLAR’s proprietary Nano-crystalline™ silicon. To date, this is the highest large-area cell efficiency confirmed by NREL for thin-film silicon PV technology.
United Solar has worked with NREL for more than two decades in the research and development of advanced thin-film PV technologies. “I am extremely impressed with United Solar’s recent breakthrough in efficiency in thin-film silicon photovoltaics,” said Dr. Ryne Raffaelle, Director of the National Center for Photovoltaics at NREL.
“United Solar has been the unquestioned leader in their field and one of the few PV companies in the world that can offer a true building integrated photovoltaic product. I am very excited about our continued collaboration...
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