A new record for generating electricity from solar cells

Berlin: Solar energy is considered to be one of the cheapest sources of renewable energy and is of utmost importance to tackle the climate crisis.

 

Recently, researchers have announced a breakthrough in solar energy, setting a new record for solar cell efficiency.

Solar cell efficiency is the amount of energy a solar cell makes using sunlight. Technological innovation in the past decade has dramatically increased this solar cell capacity. But now this achievement is being hailed as a big step towards clean energy.

Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB) used a unique cell technology and generated electricity using 32.5 percent of solar radiation.

Professor Steve Ulbrecht said that this is a major development that we could not have seen until a few months ago. All the teams involved in HZB worked together and achieved success.

He said that perovskite/silicon tandem technology is very effective for sustainable energy supply which we are excited to know.

According to a statement issued by the university, this record has been independently verified by the European Solar Test Installation in Italy.