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English: Conversion efficiencies of best research solar cell worldwide for various photovoltaic technologies since 1976.
עברית: יעילויות המרה של התאים הסולריים המחקריים הטובים ביותר מסוגי טכנולוגיות פוטו־ולטאיות שונות מאז 1967.


   Multi-junction cells: Concentrator PV, Solar panels on spacecraft, Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
   Crystalline Si Cells: Single crystal, Multicrystalline
   Thin-Film Technologies: CdTe, CIGS, Amorphous Si
   Emerging PV: Dye-sensitized solar cells, Perovskite solar cells, Organic solar cells, CZTSSe, Quantum dot solar cells
Date Original: 2019-09-29; Latest: 2025-07-01.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, COUnited States Department of Energy

Author National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

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A chart comparing the maximum efficiencies of different types of solar cells over time.

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