The design behind the world''s most efficient 27.81
Chinese solar manufacturer Longi has released the first detailed technical explanation of how it built the world''s most efficient silicon solar cell.
The world''s most efficient solar cell: Chinese researchers explain how
Earlier in 2025, Chinese solar manufacturer Longi announced it had built the world''s most efficient solar cell. The hybrid interdigitated back-contact (HIBC) cell achieved 27.81%
Solar cell efficiency tables (Version 60)
The efficiency is 17% higher than the highest efficiency single-junction perovskite cell of similar size in Table 1 (smaller area cells in Table 2 have their efficiency inflated by avoiding series resistance and
Most efficient solar panels 2025
The most efficient solar panels on the market generally use either N-type back-contact (BC) monocrystalline silicon cells or other highly efficient N-type variations, including heterojunction
Interactive Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart
NLR maintains a chart of the highest confirmed conversion efficiencies for research cells for a range of photovoltaic technologies. This is an interactive version of that chart.
News Release: NREL Creates Highest Efficiency 1-Sun Solar Cell
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy''s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created a solar cell with a record 39.5% efficiency under 1-sun global illumination.
All solar cell efficiencies at a glance – updated – pv
The tables include the record efficiency of 27.81% achieved by Chinese manufacturer Longi for its hybrid interdigitated back contact (HIBC)
Solar-cell efficiency
As of 2024, the world record for solar cell efficiency is 47.6%, set in May 2022 by Fraunhofer ISE, with a III-V four-junction concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) cell. [7][8] This beat the previous record of
Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (Version 64)
Lin H, Yang M, Ru X, et al. Silicon heterojunction solar cells with up to 26.81% efficiency achieved by electrically optimized nanocrystalline-silicon hole contact layers.
Best Research-Cell Efficiency Chart | Photovoltaic Research | NLR
NLR maintains a chart of the highest confirmed conversion efficiencies for research cells for a range of photovoltaic technologies, plotted from 1976 to the present.
Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (Version 62)
Moslehi MM, Kapur P, Kramer J, et al. World-record 20.6% efficiency 156 mm x 156 mm full-square solar cells using low-cost kerfless ultra-thin epitaxial silicon & porous silicon lift-off technology for industry
Solar Cell Efficiency Table Guide
Progress in Photovoltaics (PIP) regularly publishes solar cell and cell efficiency tables summarizing the highest verified efficiency results for different technologies [1].
World''s most efficient solar cell explained by its makers
In the mid‑2010s, the most efficient commercially available panels were already pushing into the low‑to‑mid twenties in percentage terms, with specialized designs using back‑contact cells and...
Super-efficient solar cells: 10 Breakthrough
Technical efficiency levels for silicon-based cells top out below 30%, while perovskite-only cells have reached experimental efficiencies of around
Solar Cell Efficiency Tables (Version 61)
Consolidated tables showing an extensive listing of the highest independently confirmed efficiencies for solar cells and modules are presented. Guidelines for inclusion of results into these tables are