MiaSolé Accomplishes 18.64% Aperture Area Efficiency on Flexible Solar Modules

MiaSolé has announced that the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has established an 18.64% aperture area efficiency on a commercial size flexible PV module.

Remarking on this latest accomplishment, Atiye Bayman, CTO of MiaSolé, said, “This latest achievement in the flexible thin-film solar module performance is a testament to MiaSole’s advantages of performing research and development at the manufacturing scale. Rapid improvements in process development can be realized, showing the extendibility of our Roll Coater technology for our customers.”

MiaSolé Hi-Tech Corp, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hanergy, is a total solutions provider of flexible thin-film solar technology and its innovative CIGS solar cell architecture makes it ideal for a wide variety of applications such as building integrated photovoltaics and portable mobile energy devices.

As per the company’s website, the innovative solar cell is based on the highest efficiency thin-film technology available today, and its flexible cell architecture makes it ideal for a variety of solutions.

Speaking about MiaSolé’s prowess in the solar research arena, CEO of MiaSolé, Jie Zhang, said, “After 15 years of dedicated research and development in the Silicon Valley, MiaSolé is proud to enable the flexible thin-film solar module production at the highest efficiency level of the polycrystalline silicon solar modules produced by the Tier-1 manufacturers today.”