Explore the efficiency of solar cells over the last 50 years with the new interactive tool from NREL. Customize the chart by technology, time period, and data details, and export your own version.
READ MOREBest Research-Cell Efficiency Chart. NREL maintains a chart of the highest confirmed conversion efficiencies for research cells for a range of photovoltaic technologies, plotted from 1976 to the present. Learn how NREL can help your team with certified efficiency measurements . Access our research-cell efficiency data. Or download the full data
READ MOREBest research-cell efficiency chart. 2022, available at website of NREL. Green M A, Dunlop E D, Siefer G, et al. Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 61). Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 2023, 31(1): 3–16 et al. Monolithic perovskite/organic tandem solar cells with 23.6% efficiency enabled by reduced voltage
READ MOREThe highest research cell efficiency recorded in the chart is 47.1%, for a four-junction cell. Its interactive nature allows users to visualize the recent jump in conversion efficiencies for
READ MORENREL maintains a chart of the highest confirmed conversion efficiencies for research cells for a range of photovoltaic technologies. This is an interactive version of that chart. See
READ MOREThe final new result is in Table 5 (concentrator cells and modules) and documents an improvement to 47.6% efficiency for a four-junction, wafer-bonded
READ MOREThere are seven new results in Table 2 (one-sun ''notable exceptions''), all involving small area, thin-film solar cells. The first is an efficiency of 23.6% for a 0.9-cm 2 CuIn 1-x Ga x Se 2 (CIGS) cell fabricated in a collaboration between Evolar and Uppsala University 37 and measured by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
READ MOREConsolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented.
READ MOREConsolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented.
READ MOREThe final new result is in Table 5 (concentrator cells and modules) and documents an improvement to 47.6% efficiency for a four-junction, wafer-bonded concentrator cell based on Group III-V cell technology, with the cell fabricated and measured by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (FhG-ISE). This is the highest ever efficiency
READ MOREApril 4, 2016. Solar Energy Technologies Office. Research Cell Efficiency Records. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory maintains a plot of compiled values of highest confirmed conversion efficiencies for research cells, from 1976 to the present, for a range of photovoltaic technologies. This chart highlights cell efficiency results within
READ MOREThe highest research cell efficiency recorded in the chart is 47.1%, for a four-junction cell. Its interactive nature allows users to visualize the recent jump in conversion efficiencies for emerging technologies like perovskite solar cells. That contrasts with the steady improvement of silicon solar cell efficiency since the 1980s. Image: NREL.
READ MORESolar Cell Efficiency Tables (Version 63) Martin Green, Ewan Dunlop, Masahiro Yoshita, Nikos Kopidakis, Karsten Bothe, Gerald Siefer, Xiaojing Hao. Chemistry and Nanoscience. UNSW Australia. European Commission. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology. Institut fur Solarenergieforschung.
READ MORESolar Performance and Efficiency. The conversion efficiency of a photovoltaic (PV) cell, or solar cell, is the percentage of the solar energy shining on a PV device that is converted into usable electricity. Improving this conversion efficiency is a key goal of research and helps make PV technologies cost-competitive with conventional sources
READ MOREfirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented. Guidelines for inclusion of results into these tables are outlined, and new entries since January 2023
READ MORESunpower led the industry for over a decade until lesser-known manufacturer Aiko Solar launched the Neostar Series panels with an impressive 23.6% module conversion efficiency using a unique new ABC (All Back Contact) cell technology in 2023. However, Aiko''s larger commercial panels have surpassed 24% efficiency.
READ MOREIn this issue, charts showing efficiency improvements since 1993 are included as well as cell and module area definitions and an updated list of recognized test centres. REFERENCES 1 Green MA, Dunlop E, Hohl-Ebinger J, et al. Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 56) .
READ MORENREL''s PV research boosts solar cell efficiencies; lowers the cost of solar cells, modules, and systems; and improves the reliability of PV systems. Download the latest cell efficiency and module efficiency record charts. Contacts. Nancy Haegel Director of the National Center for Photovoltaics. 303-364-6548. Mary Werner NREL
READ MOREConsolidated 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 2020 are reviewed.
READ MOREConsolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented. Guidelines for inclusion of results
READ MOREThe Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart is now interactive, with the ability to pull up decades of research data and create custom charts that focus on specific technologies or time periods.You can also dive deeper into the data behind many points on the chart, going beyond just efficiency. "There''s much more than just the efficiency of a
READ MOREThe chart now includes the 33.9% world record efficiency achieved in November by Chinese manufacturer Longi for a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell and the 27.09% efficiency achieved by the
READ MOREConsolidated 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 2021 are reviewed.
READ MOREThe most-frequently opened page on NREL''s website, the "Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart," has become more interesting.The upgraded version offers more advanced chart customization
READ MOREOverviewFactors affecting energy conversion efficiencyComparisonTechnical methods of improving efficiencySee alsoExternal links
Solar-cell efficiency refers to the portion of energy in the form of sunlight that can be converted via photovoltaics into electricity by the solar cell. The efficiency of the solar cells used in a photovoltaic system, in combination with latitude and climate, determines the annual energy output of the system. For example, a solar panel with 20% efficiency and an area of 1 m will produc
READ MOREThe final new result is in Table 5 (concentrator cells and modules) and documents an improvement to 47.6% efficiency for a four-junction, wafer-bonded concentrator cell based on Group III-V cell technology, with the cell fabricated and measured by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (FhG-ISE). This is the
READ MORE1 INTRODUCTION. Since January 1993, ''Progress in Photovoltaics'' has published six monthly listings of the highest confirmed efficiencies for a range of photovoltaic cell and module technologies. 1-3 By providing guidelines for the inclusion of results into these tables, this not only provides an authoritative summary of the current state-of-the
READ MOREAbstract. 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
READ MOREThe highest research cell efficiency recorded in the chart is 47.1%, for a four-junction cell. Its interactive nature allows users to visualize the recent jump in conversion efficiencies for emerging
READ MOREThe first is an increase in efficiency to 22.4% for a small area (0.45 cm 2) CdTe-based cell fabricated by First Solar 38 and measured by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), improving on the 22.3% result reported in the previous version of these tables. 1 The second new result is a similar incremental improvement to 26.1%
READ MOREThe chart, which shows the success of experimental solar cells, includes the previous three-junction IMM record of 37.9% established in 2013 by Sharp Corporation of Japan. The improvement in efficiency followed research into "quantum well" solar cells, which utilize many very thin layers to modify solar cell properties.
READ MORETop brands compared in 2024. Solar panels available today can have efficiencies above 22%. Solar technology has made leaps and bounds toward higher efficiency. Just five years ago, the average solar panel efficiency in quotes through EnergySage was 19%. In 2024, the average efficiency is about 21%, which translates to
READ MOREThe highest efficiency of solar panels can reach almost 23 percent efficiency, which is impressive considering the first solar modules were only 6% efficient. Fun fact: Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) created a solar cell that''s 39.5% efficient, breaking the record of 39.2% set in 2020 by NREL scientists.
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