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December 31, 2012

First CIGS Solar Cells from the CIGS Facility of Solliance Show 13.85% Efficiency
Eindhoven Netherlands (SPX) Dec 31, 2012
At the new Cu-In-Ga-Se (CIGS) facility of the Solliance collaboration platform in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, first CIGS solar cells with 13.85% efficiency have been fabricated. This encouraging result is the starting point for further improvements of the cells efficiency, large-area uniformity and run-to-run variability. The facility will also be used for advancing the alternative thin-film (TF) PV activities of Solliance. In September 2012, the last tool of the CIGS solar base-line facilit ... read more

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