MIT: Textured Surface Could Reduce Thickness of Silicon Used in Solar Cells by More Than 90 Percent

June 18th, 2012

Via: MIT News:

Highly purified silicon represents up to 40 percent of the overall costs of conventional solar-cell arrays — so researchers have long sought to maximize power output while minimizing silicon usage. Now, a team at MIT has found a new approach that could reduce the thickness of the silicon used by more than 90 percent while still maintaining high efficiency.

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One Response to “MIT: Textured Surface Could Reduce Thickness of Silicon Used in Solar Cells by More Than 90 Percent”

  1. scarletfire says:
    June 18, 2012 at 7:42 pm

    And more solar technology we will never see. How many times have I read about advances in solar tech? countless….how many new products make it to market? Very very few….sadly.

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