Solar Cells | World Record Efficiency (%) | Japanese Contribution |
Mono crystal Si | 26.7 | Kaneka |
Concentrator Si | 27.6 |
|
Poly crystal Si | 22.3 |
|
a-Si | 10.2 | AIST |
μc-Si | 11.9 | AIST |
Thin-film Si triple-junction tandem | 14.0 | AIST |
CuInGaSe2 | 22.35 | Solar Frontier |
CdTe | 22.1 |
|
GaAs | 29.1 |
|
Concentrator GaAs | 29.3 |
|
III-V dual-junction | 32.8 |
|
Concentrator III-V dual-junction | 35.5 |
|
III-V tripole-junction | 37.9 | Sharp |
Concentrator III-V triple-junction | 44.4 | Sharp |
Concentrator III-V quad-junction | 46.0 |
|
III-V penta-junction | 38.8 |
|
III-V hexa-junction | 39.2 |
|
Concentrator III-V hexa-junction | 47.1 |
|
Perovskite | 24.2 |
|
Dye-sensitized | 11.9 | Sharp |
Organic | 11.2 | Toshiba |