[Press release - EurekAlert!] A research team from Nuremberg and Erlangen has set a new record for the power conversion efficiency of organic photovoltaic modules (OPV). The scientists from Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Bavarian Center for Applied Energy Research (ZAE), and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN), a branch of Forschungszentrum Jülich, in cooperation with the South China University of Technology (SCUT), designed an OPV module with an efficiency of 12.6 percent over an area of 26 square centimeters. The former world record of 9.7 percent was exceeded by 30 percent.
Dr. Andreas Distler (ZAE Bayern) with the organic record solar module at the Solar Factory of the Future. In the background, the pilot line for printed thin-film photovoltaics. Credit & Copyright: ZAE/Kurt Fuchs.
