Solar3D fabricates initial prototype of 3D solar cell

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Solar3D fabricates initial prototype of 3D solar cell

Greentech Lead America: Solar3D, the developer of a
breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of
sunlight into electricity, has successfully fabricated an initial prototype of
its 3D solar cell using commercially available equipment from Panasonic.

The company’s low cost fabrication process was applied
successfully for the precise creation of 3D light trapping and light converting
nanostructures on a silicon wafer.

“We spent the past several months completing our
fabrication process methodology. Now, we have put that process to the test and
successfully fabricated a meaningful area of precise 3-dimensional photovoltaic
nanostructures on the surface of a silicon wafer. We accomplished this task
using commercially available equipment at the state-of-the-art Nanofabrication
Facility at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB),” said
Changwan Son, director of Technology at Solar3D.

Solar3D’s innovative single wafer silicon solar cell utilizes a 3-dimensional design with high
conversion efficiency and wide-angle light collection. The simulated design
efficiency is over 25 percent, or approximately 50 percent higher than
commercially available silicon solar cells.

The special wide-angle light collection feature on the
cell surface can capture more light in the morning and evening hours, as well
as in the winter months when the sun is not directly overhead.

Solar3D’s 3-dimensional solar cells impact more than $6.2
billion a year

Recently, Solar3D announced that its 3-dimensional solar cells
could have delivered more than $6.2 billion of electricity in the world last
year.

editor@greentechlead.com

 

 

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