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Toshiba Corporation today introduced that it has successfully raised the power conversion effectiveness (PCE) of its transparent Cu2O solar cell to 8.4 percent, the world's highest degree for a reported Cu2O solar cell.

Panasonic has actually attained the globe's greatest power conversion effectiveness of 16.09% for a perovskite solar module (aperture location 802 cm2: 30-cm x 30-cm x 2-mm thick) by creating light-weight modern technology utilizing a glass substratum as well as a large-area finish approach based upon inkjet printing.

Japanese Corporations Toyota Motor and Sharp collaborate with NEDO to make a brand new e-car powered by solar with no need for charging. Based on the most efficient solar panels, the developers are working to create a solar battery powerful enough to let a car drive forever.

The naysayers aren't stopping big automakers and startups from developing the technology. There are some ideas where the payoff for success would be so huge that you just have to try.

Car manufacturing giant Toyota Motor Corp is to begin trialling later this month a new version of its Prius hybrid car, this time with up to 860 watts of thin film solar that will be able to charge its “solar battery” as it drives, and add more than 50kms to its fossil fuel-free driving range.

Toyota is testing a new version of its solar panel topped Prius. But solar energy is unlikely to ever account for more than a fraction of the electricity required by vehicles