CSIR-NPL Establishes Facility for Efficiency Validation of Solar Cells

In India, the research on solar cells is being pursued in various scientific laboratories and industries; however, there is no facility for the validation of solar cell efficiency. Globally there are three recognized centers available for validation of solar cell efficiency, namely National Renewable Energy Laboratory (USA), Fraunhofer Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (Germany) and Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (Japan). In order to validate the efficiency of the fabricated solar cells, these have to be sent to one of the above-mentioned centers and this process is not only expensive but also time consuming.