31.05.2012: Japanese electronics manufacturer Sharp Corp. announced that its concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell achieved a conversion efficiency of 43.5 percent at a concentration of 306 suns. Independent German research institute Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy (ISE) confirmed the results. Last spring, US company Solar Junction announced that its commercially ready concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar cell achieved an efficiency of 43.5 percent at a concentration of more than 400 suns. According to Sharp Solar, these two solar cells share the honor of having the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency. The CPV technology behind the Sharp solar cell was developed with the support of Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), a public management organization that promotes the deployment of industrial, energy and environmental technologies. … Source: Sharp Corp.; Summary: PHOTON http://www.sharp-world.com http://www.sharp-world.com/corporate/news/120531.html The complete press release can be viewed in PHOTON's archive using the following link:
http://www.photon-international.com/newsletter/document/65863.pdf | 
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