This morning First Solar announced that it has set its latest efficiency record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar PV, with a 22.1% efficient cell as verified by Newport Corporation. The new record cell was built at the company's factory and research center in the U.S. state of Ohio, and First Solar says that it used processes and materials suitable for commercial-scale manufacturing. This is First Solar's 9th new CdTe efficiency record since 2011, and bests a 21.5% cell efficiency record set in 2015. "We ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...