Fundamentals Of PERC Cell Processing
TaiyangNews Market Survey On PERC Cell Production Equipment Covers Important Tool Platforms Designed For Accomplishing Key 5 Important Processing Steps
PERC solar cell processing can be largely broken down into 5 steps: Surface preparation Emitter formation Passivation Metallization Testing Each of 5 steps in cell processing has a specific role.
Progress In Cell Production Equipment Segment
TaiyangNews Market Survey On PERC Production Equipment Provides Overview On Latest Devices for Manufacturing Incumbent Cell Technology
The 2 legs that innovation in the solar industry stands on are increasing efficiency and reducing costs, and production equipment is always in the crosshairs.
European Company Places Order With Singulus
Singulus Technologies Lands Contract For Wet Chemical Machines For HJT Solar Cells
German solar PV equipment manufacturer Singulus Technologies has been contracted to supply its wet-chemical machines for heterojunction (HJT) solar cells to an unidentified major European energy company that’s planning to construct a new fab with ‘several GW’ capacity.
New Processing System For Large Wafer Sized Cells
Fraunhofer ISE Introduces ‘Groundbreaking’ Technology with ‘On-The-Fly’ Laser Equipment
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) has introduced a new solar cell processing system for large format solar cells, read M12 and G12, that can laser half a million contact openings per second and has an effective throughput of over 15.
China PV News Snippets
POWERCHINA Signs 300 MW Distributed PV Deal & More From TaiyangNews, Suzhou Maxwell, Almaden, Eastern Shenghong
POWERCHINA to invest in PV projects in Manchu and Yushutun towns; TaiyangNews Webinar to take place tomorrow; Suzhou Maxwell shows positive growth in Q1/2022; Almaden PV projects postponed; Eastern Shenghong releases 2021 annual report POWERCHINA s.
Reliance Bets On Heterojunction Production
India’s Reliance To Purchase 4.8 GW Heterojunction Cell Production Equipment Capacity From China’s Maxwell
India’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has contracted Chinese solar cell equipment supplier Suzhou Maxwell Technology to deliver 8 complete lines of heterojunction (HJT) cell production equipment representing a total capacity of 4.8 GW.
Boron for TOPCon Cells
Boron Diffusion And Annealing Are The Other Important Additional Process Steps Involved In TOPCon Processing
The TOPCon cell manufacturing process involves a few additional steps compared to PERC. While emitter formation is not completely new, it is fairly different from what is done in PERC.
Deposition Options in TOPCon Cell Processing
PEALD From Leadmicro And APCVD From Schmid Are Technologies Used In Deposition Process Of TOPCon Solar Cell Processing
As mentioned in our previous articles on TOPCon solar technology published recently, nearly every know deposition technology in PV is promoted for this silicon solar cell application – and PEALD and APCVD are among those.
China PV News Snippets
TaiyangNews Virtual Conference On 22 March & More From Maxwell, Wining, Jolywood, Drinda
TaiyangNews Conference Pushing PERC To Its Limits to take place on 22 March; Suzhou Maxwell releases investor relation activities report; Wining HJT project reaches full production; Jolywood invests in silicon projects; Drinda to increase capital for cell subsidiary.
PVD Solutions For Topcon
Low Opex And High Throughput Of PVD Has Attracted The Key Player Of The Topcon Segment
Any alternate deposition technology to LPCVD for TOPCon applications is wraparound free (see LPCVD for TOPCon Cells). And so is the case with Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD), a route a few equipment vendors as well as manufacturers are following.
LPCVD for TOPCon Cells
LPCVD Tools Has Been The First Choice In Depositing Polysilicon For The Early Developer Of TOPCon Solar Cells
As mentioned in an earlier TOPCon article (see Several Path To TOPCon Cells), nearly every known deposition method is promoted for the application of the rear passivation stack of TOPCon solar cells.
Several Paths To TOPCon Cells
TaiyangNews Report On TOPCon Solar Technologies Discusses Different Process Steps For Making These Cells
The success of the high efficiency TOPCon process at any cell maker lies in its successful manufacturing. This article shows different variants of the TOPCon cell manufacturing process.
3D-Micromac Appoints New CTO
Hartmut Schubert’s Addition ‘Completes’ 3D-Micromac’s Management Team
Germany’s 3D-Micromac AG has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of Hartmut Schubert to the position of chief technology officer (CTO). With this, the company’s CEO Uwe Wagner explained, ‘we have completed our management team’.
The Bigger, The Better
While Cell Lines Got The Highest Impact From Change Of Wafers Size, The Current Crop Of Tools Not Only Are Flexible, But Supports High Productivity
In the entire value chain of PV manufacturing, cell processing gets the largest impact from a change in wafer size. That’s because almost every cell processing equipment is size sensitive; essentially, they all are batch processing tools.
Midsummer Delivers DUO Machine To Russia
Midsummer Completes Maiden Shipment Of CIGS Solar Cell Production Equipment For Russian Market; Machine To Be Installed At Rusnano Backed Fab In Mordovian Capital Of Saransk
Swedish thin film solar PV technology company Midsummer has delivered the initial shipment of its DUO machine for the Russian Market.
Uwe Wagner To Lead 3D-Micromac AG
Unidentified Consortium Of US Investors Acquire Majority Stake In 3D-Micromac AG From Founder Tino Petsch Who Hands Over Company Reins To Uwe Wagner
Laser micromachining and roll-to-roll laser processing systems specialist from Germany 3D-Micromac AG has secured a ‘consortium of US investors’ as majority stakeholders in the firm, following which the board member Uwe Wagner has been appointed to lead the technology company.
The Core Of HJT
While PECVD Is The Widely Followed Technology For Applying Core Layer In HJT, CAT-CVD Was Also In Use And PEALD Is In Development
Core layer depositions the heart of HJT processing. It involves multi-layer stacking of intrinsic-amorphous and doped-amorphous silicon layers of opposite polarities on each side of the wafer and controlling them at the nanometer scale.
China PV News Snippets: LONGi, Cybrid, Antaisolar
LONGi Exceeds 10 GW Shipment Milestone For Hi-MO 4 Modules; Cybrid To Set Up Subsidiary For Encapsulation Expansion Project; Antaisolar Bags 500 MW Order For South Korea; SC New Energy Declares 0.6% Efficiency Gain For HJT
LONGi ships 10 GW cumulative capacity of Hi-MO 4 modules: The cumulative shipment of LONGi’s Hi-MO 4 solar modules has exceeded the milestone of 10 GW.
Jinchen Plans CNY 285 Million For HJT Equipment
Yingkou Jinchen To Invest RMB 285 Million To Build 40 Sets Of Heterojunction High Efficiency PECVD Equipment Over Next 2 Years
Chinese solar module production equipment producer Yingkou Jinchen Machinery Co., Ltd. has announced it aims to invest RMB 285 million ($40 million) to build 40 sets of heterojunction (HJT) high efficiency PECVD equipment.
The Time Seems Ripe for HJT
Why Heterojunction Cell Technology Could Play A Significant Role In The Next Capex Phase for Solar Production Equipment
There are several reasons why heterojunction solar technology could see an increasing number of cell/module manufacturers soon embrace this high-efficiency silicon cell variant..
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