Solar cell hits 24 per cent efficiency

A CONSORTIUM of four firms and five universities has devised a solar energy rig that will deliver 24 per cent efficiency converting light to juice.

According to nikkei.net, that is the best performance to date for a large scale solar cell array.

The Toyohashi Sozo University has the system installed at its site, and it includes 280 seven millimetre square cells, kitted out with a magnifying lens.

The light hits a glass column, said the report, to maximise the light hitting the cell, and the university has also included a system that means the array follows the path of the sun