A Review of Solar Photovoltaic Concentrators

Table 2

Different HCPV efficiencies recorded in Laboratories and commercials [24].

	Efficiency (%)	Suns	Type	Description
Laboratories efficiencies
1	41.6	364	GaInP/GaInAs/Ge	Lattice-matched
2	41.1	454	GaInP/GaInAs/Ge	Lattice-mismatched
3	40.8	326	GaInP/GaInAs/GaInAs	Inverted monolithic
4	40.7	240	GaInP/GaInAs/Ge	Lattice-mismatched
5	37.2	500	nGaP/InGaAs/Ge	Lattice-matched
Commercials efficiencies
1	39	500	Multijunction	http://www.emcore.com
2	38.5	500	Multijunction	http://www.spectrolab.com
3	35	500	Multijunction	http://www.spirecorp.com
4	35	300	Multijunction	http://www.azurspace.com
5	27	100	Silicon	http://www.amonix.com