By Cory Natcore Surpasses 20% Efficiency Milestone
The news a lot of the market was waiting for from Natcore. In my past interviews with Chuck he mentioned that Natcore was getting close to achieving the 20% efficiency milestone but was waiting for independent confirmation. Below is a quick comment from Chuck Provini regarding the new. The most important factor in my eyes is the third point that says the process to developing the back contact cell is “designed to go directly to the factory production line; it is not something that will stay in the lab”. This would be a significant step to further moving the Company forward.
Here is Chuck’s comment and the news release…
There are three important facts that I would like to emphasize. First, we have received independent confirmation of these efficiencies from Rochester Institute of Technology, reinforcing the propriety of the scientific data that we have been relying upon.
Second, our revolutionary laser process and metallization strategy will allow us to achieve the higher efficiencies reported with other back contact cells but without their complex and expensive process.
Third, our process is conducive to the necessary high through-put of solar cells and is designed to go directly to the factory production line; it is not something that will stay in the lab as a well-published science project.
Simply put: our process is about to change the industry.
Best,
Chuck
Natcore Surpasses 20% Efficiency Milestone
With Innovative Laser-Based
Solar Cell Structure
20.7% confirmed by independent research lab; path to higher efficiencies outlined
Rochester, NY — (May 2, 2017) — Scientists at Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; OTCQB: NTCXF) have achieved an efficiency of 20.7% in their latest demonstration solar cell. Their result has received independent confirmation at the NanoPower Research Lab of the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Natcore’s device efficiency has now increased by more than three absolute percent since June, when the company announced an efficiency of 17.5%. At that level, Natcore’s cells were roughly equivalent to typical commercial cells being sold today. Natcore’s newest cells, with an efficiency that is a relative 20% higher than the prior cells, show the company’s steep rate of progress.
The result was achieved on the Natcore Foil Cell™, an all-back-contact cell that combines a revolutionary laser process with a novel metallization strategy, thus enabling high-efficiency cell architectures at low cost. Importantly, it also eliminates the need for silver, one of the highest-cost components of a conventional solar cell.
“We consider this to be a good stake in the ground,” says Dr. David Levy, Natcore’s Director of Research and Technology. “Traditional all-back-contact cells use interdigitated back contacts. While high efficiencies are proven with that approach, the processing is complex, and so keeps them from being widely adopted. The Natcore foil approach, due to its simplicity and reliance on very cheap aluminum, promises to change that dynamic. Our approach is easily implemented into a production line, not just in the lab.”
The recent rapid advancements in efficiencies have been achieved as Natcore’s team overcame some previously persistent technical roadblocks. By solving these problems, and with exciting new …read more
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