Scientists from China , Russia and Kazakhstan have developed a method of fluorination which radically increased the efficiency of an organic solar cell . The team found incorporating fluorine atoms into a polymer - fullerene solar cell resulted in efficiency rates rising from 10 % to 10.2 % , according to a study published in the international journal of Chemistry ’s Journal of Materials Chemistry A. The team suggested that , with more efficiency , organic solar cells will one day outperform their polysilicon counterparts .
Scientists from France, Russia and Kazakhstan have developed a method of fluorination which radically increased the efficiency of an organic solar cell. The team found incorporating fluorine atoms into a polymer-fullerene solar cell resulted in efficiency levels rising from 3.7% to 10.2%, according to a study published in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of Materials Chemistry A. The team suggested that, with more work, organic solar cells could one day outperform their polysilicon counterparts.