Release of New HIT Solar Cell with Industry’s Highest Cell Conversion Efficiency by Sanyo

Solar Power generating system is still a long way from finding its place among the mass, suffering from high cost and low cell conversion efficiency, but announcement by Sanyo in an ongoing effort to achieve higher cell conversion efficiency is certainly a step in a right direction. Sanyo a world leader in photovoltaic technology has announced the mass production of a new HIT solar cell featuring the industry’s highest cell conversion efficiency of 21.6%, beating its previous record by 0.5% as a result of optimizing the HIT joint region.
In addition to this Sanyo has come up with another version of HIT with conversion efficiency of 19% through use of new tab design and anti reflection coated glass, ideal for areas with limited space such as on the roof of a house. In addition to higher conversion efficiency the new HITs feature excellent temperature characteristics. The predicated electricity generated per year for installation space is approximately 44% more than of regular crystalline silicon solar cell, due to reduction in output caused by temperature increase is less. The new HIT has a bifacial generation structure allowing electricity to be generated from both sides of the cells. The HIT with conversion efficiency of19% will go on sale in Europe in February, 2011

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