Trina Solar, a photovoltaic solar panel production company, released a statement in late December confirming a breakthrough in their research.
According to PV Magazine, the company hit "world records for industrial format devices" with its perovskite-crystalline silicon tandem solar cell.
The main improvement comes from heightened efficiency in solar cell power conversion. Trina Solar worked with the Huairou Laboratory to create the panels, which could allow for better energy output in industrial solar projects.
Where previous solar formats like tunnel oxide passivated contact are reaching their limits, Trina Solar hopes to use its tandem structures to enhance performance, per PV Magazine.
The vice president of Trina Solar, Dr. Yifeng Chen, stated that the recent results could revolutionize solar, marking "a milestone for next-generation high-efficiency photovoltaics" and "demonstrat[ing] the commercial potential of tandem architectures beyond laboratory prototypes," per PV Magazine.
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