Apr 24, 2018
Organic solar cells reach record efficiency, benchmark for commercialization
Posted by Bill Kemp in categories: solar power, sustainability
In an advance that makes a more flexible, inexpensive type of solar cell commercially viable, University of Michigan researchers have demonstrated organic solar cells that can achieve 15 percent efficiency.
This level of efficiency is in the range of many solar panels, or photovoltaics, currently on the market.
“Organic photovoltaics can potentially cut way down on the total solar energy system cost, making solar a truly ubiquitous clean energy source,” said Stephen Forrest, the Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and Paul Goebel Professor of Engineering, who led the work.
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