Most Efficient Thin Film Solar Panel In History

New record for thin film solar efficiency was created by the National Renewable Energy Lab.The 19.9% efficiency doesn't seem all that fantastic when compared with 42% efficient monocrystaline solar panels. The advantage of thin-film cells has long been how cheap they can be to produce and install. They can be produced in a variety of ways and they're just a fraction of the weight of traditional solar cells.

Scientists have been working for a long time to get costs lower with less concern for the efficiency of the cells.One of the elements used in making the cells, shortages in indium, has renewed interest in increasing efficiency.
We'll see some thin-film startups focusing more on efficiency soon. I think that these new thin film cells are crazy expensive too.

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