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Briefing
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- Plastic overlayer – Swiss startup Insolight made a thin plastic layer that can be placed on top of solar panels to double their efficiency
- Technology – Acts like layer of magnifying lenses, concentrating sunlight on few high performing solar cells
- Lab results – Prototype yielded efficiency of 36.4%, double that of conventional solar cells of same size
- Cost – More cost-effective than solar cells with more than 40% conversion efficiency but still more expensive than silicon panels
- Next steps – Undergo more real world testing to validate boost in efficiency prior to commercialization on large scale
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Accelerator
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Sector
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Energy
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Organization
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Insolight Sarl
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Source
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Original Publication Date
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September 8, 2016
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