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One Day left for TaiyangNews Virtual Conference & More From Risen, Suntech, Yibin Yingfa
Wednesday, 23 Nov 2022
TaiyangNews Conference on High Efficiency Solar Technologies to begin tomorrow; Risen to invest in 10 GW n-type cell facility; Suntech joins hands with Jiangsu Xinlinfei for solar cells; Yibin Yingfa 20 GW TOPCon facility makes progress.
Two-In-One With PECVD
PECVD Come With An Inherent Advantage Of Depositing Aluminium Oxide On Solar Cells As Well As The Capping Silicon Nitride In One Go
Tuesday, 06 Sep 2022
As part of our PERC Solar Cell Production 2022 report, we also looked into passivation tools. PECVD is one of the two mainstream methods employed to deposit aluminium oxide used as the rear passivation dielectric in PERC structure.
Sharp Launches New PERC Solar Panels
Sharp Energy Solutions Europe Adds 410W & 400W Half-Cut Cell Modules To Portfolio
Wednesday, 26 Jan 2022
Targeting residential, small-scale commercial and industrial rooftop solar installations, Sharp Energy Solutions Europe has launched 2 new PERC solar PV panels with 410W and 400W output based on 182mm wafer sized cells, and expanded its existing half-cut cells portfolio.
Panasonic Expands EverVolt Module Series
Panasonic Launches New Module Variants, With Heterojunction & PERC Technologies
Thursday, 20 Jan 2022
Panasonic Corporation of North America has launched 2 new solar module variants under its EverVolt series—one based on heterojunction (HJT) and the other using PERC solar cell technology—both targeting the high performing residential solar segment and available in Q2/2022.
Day 1: High Efficiency Solar Technologies
Solar PV Leading Global Energy Market Transformation, Led By PERC Cell Technology; Need To Establish Supply Chain Beyond China
Wednesday, 15 Dec 2021
It took its own sweet time from the time of invention to enter mass production for Passivated Emitter and Rear Contact (PERC) but then it quickly took over the market and is now the world’s most widely used solar PV technology.
Trina Solar’s 23.56% Efficiency For P-Type PERC Cell
Trina Solar Reports ‘New World Record’ For Large Area 210 P-Type Monocrystalline Silicon PERC Cells In Mass Production
Monday, 23 Aug 2021
Integrated solar PV products manufacturer Trina Solar has announced achieving a ‘new world record’ in terms of power conversion efficiency for its industrial large area 210 mm x 21 0mm high-efficiency PERC solar cell in mass production.
Maxeon Solar Launches Performance 3 AC Solar Panel
With Performance 3 AC Module, Maxeon Solar Technologies Expands Solar Panel Portfolio; To Be Commercialized Under SunPower Brand
Monday, 19 Jul 2021
Singapore headquartered solar module manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has come out with a new solar panel targeting residential customers in key international markets.
The PERC Side Of Bifacial
PERC – Though Not the Perfect Bifacial Candidate – Is The Mainstream Cell Technology And Does Not Add Additional Costs To Covert In To Bifacial With Many Module Makers Such Product, According to TaiyangNews Bifacial Solar Report
Monday, 12 Apr 2021
Bifacial PV is a technology that requires specific changes in three stages of the PV manufacturing chain – cells, modules, and systems. The cell level is obviously where it all starts to change for making bifacial PV.
Talesun Solar Claims 23.56% PERC Cell Efficiency
23.56% PERC Solar Power Conversion Efficiency Claim Of Talesun Solar Independently Tested & Certified By Fujian Institute Of Metrology
Wednesday, 21 Oct 2020
Chinese solar PV company Talesun Solar has claimed to have increased its PERC solar cell power conversion efficiency to 23.56%, exceeding the 23.50% mark.
23.21% Efficiency For Bifacial PERC Solar Cell
Astronergy Reports 23.21% Power Conversion Efficiency For 166 mm Bifacial Monocrystalline PERC Solar Cell In Mass Production
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Chinese crystalline solar module manufacturer Astronergy has reported 23.21% maximum power conversion efficiency for its bifacial monocrystalline PERC solar cells in mass production, and an average efficiency of 23.04%. Astronergy is a subsidiary o.
LONGi Goes In For Patent Agreement On Gallium-Doped Tech
LONGi Green Energy Acquires Global, Non-Exclusive Patent & Cross-Licensing Agreement With Shin-Etsu Chemical On Gallium-Doped Technologies
Friday, 27 Mar 2020
LONGi Solar’s parent company LONGi Green Energy Technology has acquired a global, non-exclusive, patent and cross-licensing agreement on Gallium-doped technologies with Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
LONGi 24.06% Efficiency PERC Cell World Record
CPVT Confirms LONGi Produced First Bifacial Monocrystalline Silicon PERC Solar Cell Exceeding 24% On Commercial Wafer Size
Friday, 18 Jan 2019
LONGi Solar has achieved 24.06% conversion efficiency for its bifacial monocrystalline silicon Passivated Emitter Rear Cell (PERC) using commercial wafer (M2) dimensions.
Hanwha Exceeds 10 GW Q.Antum Cell Production
Hanwha Q Cells To Exit 2018 With More Than 2.5 Billion Individual PERC Solar Cells; Surpasses 10 GW Milestone As ‘First Time Ever For Any PERC Technology’
Monday, 24 Dec 2018
South Korean solar PV cell producer Hanwha Q Cells says it has surpassed 10 GW of Q.Antum solar cell production making it the ‘first time ever for any PERC technology’.
UNSW & Leadmicro To Develop Silicon Solar Cells
Chinese Solar Cell Machinery Maker Leadmicro To Share ALD Reactor With UNSW To Enable Research On Next Generation of Silicon Solar Cells With More Than 27% Conversion Efficiency & Technology To Mass Produce
Friday, 07 Dec 2018
The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at Sydney, Australia based University of New South Wales (UNSW) has joined hands with Chinese cell machinery maker Leadmicro.
LONGi Solar Achieves 20.83% Conversion Efficiency
LONGi Solar Breaks Own Module Efficiency Record To Report 20.83% Conversion Efficiency For 60-Cell Monocrystalline PERC Module; TÜV-SÜD Confirms Test Results
Friday, 09 Nov 2018
LONGi Solar has announced another module conversion efficiency record – for the third time in 2018. This time it has achieved 20.83% efficiency for its 60-cell monocrystalline PERC module, a world record for this technology, it said.
Trina Reports 20.16% Multi c-Si PERC Cell
Trina Solar Claims 20.16% Efficiency For Commercial Multi c-Si Cell With PERC Technology & 18.7% For Multi c-Si P-Type Double Print Cells
Tuesday, 17 Jul 2018
Trina Solar announced it has achieved an average efficiency of 20.16% for its industrially produced p-type multicrystalline 156 x 156 mm² silicon solar cells based on PERC technology.
Mono PERC & Bifacial – The Next Big Thing in Solar
Panel with TaiyangNews, LONGi Solar, Fraunhofer ISE and TÜV discussed potential of bifacial solar technology at Intersolar Europe
Tuesday, 03 Jul 2018
At Intersolar Europe 2018 in late June in Munich, TaiyangNews moderated during the ‘Next Generation Solution of Solar Renewables and Energy Storage’ a panel on ‘Mono PERC & Bifacial – The Next Big Thing in Solar.’ In his keynote present.
Mono Bifacial PERC Preferred
Hongbin Fang, Global Director of Product Marketing at LONGi Solar, told TaiyangNews why he believes that Mono Bifacial PERC is the most viable way to lower solar LCOEs
Thursday, 28 Jun 2018
LONGi’s Hongbin Fang said, “When looking into the near future, we see that p-PERC has very high development potential. Our record cell efficiency for a p-PERC cell has already reached 23.6%.
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