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DSM Coating Boosts Solar Module Output

by Marc S. Reisch
October 5, 2009 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 87, Issue 40

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Credit: DSM
An antireflective coating lets more light reach solar cells.
Credit: DSM
An antireflective coating lets more light reach solar cells.

DSM says its KhepriCoat antireflective glass coating helped a solar module tested at the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands achieve the highest conversion of light into energy ever—16.4%—for a full-size solar module. The previous record was 15.5%. Compared with uncoated glass, the DSM coating improves transmission of light by 4%.

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