Boeing’s management has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Spectrolab developed ground latest solar cell, C3MJ + series has already begun mass production of solar cells.
It is reported that the series of solar cells up to the sun an average of 39.2% conversion rate, which means that such batteries can be more than 1 / 3 of the light into the sun on it you can use the power. Boeing said, which makes it the industry’s highest conversion efficiency of solar cells on the ground.
It is understood that the launch of C3MJ + series of solar cells is not a new development, but the improvement on the previous version. Previously, Spectrolab produced C3MJ type ground with the conversion rate of solar cells has reached 38.5%.
“These batteries are leading to more efficient large number of existing and potential customers the company’s broad interest.” Spectrolab concentrator PV companies in Las Jones, director of business development, said, “In 2009, we create a new world record produced a 41.6% conversion rate of the test solar cells. The launch of the C3MJ + series of solar cells are basically the same technology. The company plans to deliver the first batch of next year, January was 39.2% conversion efficiency of the battery. ”
Since 2007, Spectrolab has launched a new series of high conversion efficiency solar cells. Now in mass production of C3MJ series battery is put into production in mid-2009 in the world, C3MJ series of solar cells has been more than two million customers to buy.
Jones said: “Given the new C3MJ + series battery with our existing C3MJ series of batteries is very close, the company believes that the current customers using C3MJ series of batteries will be able to easily upgrade the old type of battery cells for higher efficiency . ”
Sylmar, California’s Spectrolab company already has 50 years of development history. The company’s space and terrestrial solar cell manufacturing with a wealth of experience, is the world’s leading multi-junction the current most solar cells, solar panels, searchlight and solar simulators manufacturers. Since 1956, Spectrolab company began producing power for the satellite products, and for American national security, space development and provides a large number of products for civil aerospace. The United States during the Apollo 11 lunar landing by the space shuttle had the company’s battery products; Mars probe Edifier number panels, and around Mars, NASA’s space shuttle used in solar cells is provided by the Spectrolab; the company NASA will also probe the future of the Juno Jupiter mission to provide solar cells; the International Space Station currently used solar panels are all produced by Spectrolab. “Over the years the product design and production the company has accumulated a wealth of experience, the company developed a mature and powerful, economical process that can produce high quality, affordable space and terrestrial solar cells.” Spectrolab president of a large David Linton said.
However, the launch of the C3MJ + series of solar cells are not used for spacecraft, landers, or detection, but mainly of solar access to services for the ground.
Spectrolab’s technology advances allow space for the conversion efficiency of solar cells by more than 28%. Today, Spectrolab solar cells produced around 60% to power satellites in Earth orbit, but also provide the impetus for the international space station. Spectrolab has invested heavily to meet the terrestrial concentrator photovoltaic industry, the increasing demand, in 2011, the company’s ground-conversion efficiency of solar cells will reach 40%.
