Solar Cells

3D-Micromac microCELL OTF Laser System

Product Brief: 3D-Micromac launched the second generation of its high-performance microCELL OTF laser systems at SNEC 2017. The high-performance production solution for Laser Contact Opening (LCO) of PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) solar cells achieves a throughput of 8,000 wafers per hour (wph). Product Feature: The highly productive laser system microCELL OTF offers precise surface […]

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Next-gen solar cells could be improved by atomic-scale redesign

Solar cells harness energy from the Sun and provide an alternative to non-renewable energy sources like fossil fuels. However, they face challenges from costly manufacturing processes and poor efficiency — the amount of sunlight converted to useable energy. Light-absorbing materials called organic lead halide perovskites are used in a new type of solar cells that […]

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Virtual Technology Center for Efficient Solar Cells

Photovoltaics of the University of Stuttgart (ipv) and the International Solar Energy Research Center (ISC) founded Solar Cells Technology Center 4.0 to make solar cell production in more efficient. Linking up systems to a virtual network in order to make solar cell production in Baden Württemberg more efficient – this was the aim of the […]

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How falling solar tariffs are shaping the solar future of India’s 100GW goal

The technology chapter of solar energy is aerobicized, the growing efficiencies and advance solar cells is aggrandizing operation regardless of robust conditions. In the case of India, the valiant figures of solar integration are extolling and cementing new charts of growth. This unequivocally qualifies the international and national players to proliferate and also aggressively dive […]

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1366 Technologies and Hanwha Q CELLS Boost Direct Wafer Champion Cell Efficiency to 20.3% and Cell Efficiency Average to 20.1%

Direct Wafer Products Exceed the Average of the Multi Reference Group While Enabling Ultra-Low Cost. Silicon wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies has announced a new performance record for 1366’s Direct Wafer technology with the achievement of 20.3% cell efficiency, independently confirmed by Fraunhofer ISE CalLab. The company achieved this repeated efficiency record in a joint effort […]

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Imec Reports 23.9 Percent Conversion Efficiency on a 4cm2 Perovskite/ Silicon Solar Module

In 2016, Imec presented for the first time a semi-transparent perovskite module, developed in collaboration with Solliance, stacked on top of an interdigitated back-contact (IBC) crystalline silicon solar cell in a four-terminal tandem configuration, thereby achieving an overall power conversion efficiency of 20.2 percent on an aperture area of 4cm2 Imec has announced an improvement […]

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Scientists have developed new ‘smart’ sunglasses that can generate electric power

Scientists have designed new ‘smart’ solar glasses incorporated with coloured, semi-transparent organic solar cells that can generate electric power Scientists have designed new ‘smart’ solar glasses incorporated with coloured, semi-transparent organic solar cells that can generate electric power enough to operate devices such as hearing aids or step counters. Organic solar cells are flexible, transparent, […]

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Waaree Energies Ties Up with American Company GTAT for Merlin Technology

American company’s GT Advanced Technologies ‘Merlin’ technology is said to result in reduction in cost of modules by 10 per cent. India’s premier multi-diverse technology group having forte in multifarious verticals such as Solar Energy, Waaree Energies has entered into a tie-up with US-based Merlin Solar for incorporating the American company’s GT Advanced Technologies ‘Merlin’ […]

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Premier Solar’s 200 MW Solar Facility to be Inaugurated in Telangana

Premier Solar is expanding its manufacturing capacity by adding a state-of-the-art fully automatic 200 MW solar module manufacturing facility, and Telangana IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao is expected to inaugurate the facility. Premier Solar, an end-to-end solar solution provider has said that Telangana IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao is expected to […]

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