AS Published on Saturday 1 April 2023 - n° 439 - Categories:cells
A new technology proposed by LONGi. The conversion would be 25%.
LONGi has commissioned a cell production plant in Shaanxi province. It has a capacity of 29 GW per year. The cells are produced using Hybrid Passivated Back Contact (HPBC) technology
AS Published on Sunday 15 January 2023 - n° 430 - Categories:R&D , cells
Improving solar cell efficiency depends on R&D investment
Researchers from Luxembourg and the US have highlighted the crucial role of R&D in improving the efficiency of solar cells. It is theoretically possible to measure the prospects of new solar cell technologies at any stage of development.
AS Published on Sunday 15 January 2023 - n° 430 - Categories:cells
Silver consumption in panels should be reduced
The Australian UNSW advocates that cell and panel manufacturers reduce or eliminate the use of silver in photovoltaic production (it is used to conduct electrical charge out of the cell and into the system)
AS Published on Saturday 17 December 2022 - n° 429 - Categories:cells, tandem cells
Meyer Burger seeks to develop tandem cells
Heterojunction cell and panel manufacturer Meyer Burger has established a new series of partnerships for the research and development of perovskite tandem solar technology, with the aim of
AS Published on Saturday 17 December 2022 - n° 429 - Categories:cells
A new cell architecture that divides the cell into sub-cells
The American company Solar Inventions has obtained three patents for a new C3 cell architecture
AS Published on Saturday 26 November 2022 - n° 426 - Categories:cells
New version of the table on the efficiency of the best research cells
New version of the best research cell efficiency table
NREL has published a new interactive version of its cell efficiency research table for a range of photovoltaic technologies.
L R AS Published on Saturday 19 November 2022 - n° 425 - Categories:cells, panels
Germany's 1Komma5° to manufacture cells and panels in 2023
Germany's 1Komma5° wants to bring cells with high efficiency to market in the second half of 2023
L R AS Published on Saturday 19 November 2022 - n° 425 - Categories:cells, panels
Further limited yield growth at JinkoSolar
JinkoSolar's 182 mm TOPCon N-type solar panel achieved a conversion efficiency of
AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:forecasts;, brochures, cells, panels
AECEA's photovoltaic forecast
The cells
China's solar cell production capacity could reach 600 GW by the end of the year
AS Published on Sunday 30 October 2022 - n° 422 - Categories:brochures, cells, panels, forecasts;
PV InfoLink's photovoltaic forecast
Silicon
Silicon production capacity would increase from 293 GW at the end of 2021, to 500 GW in 2022, and then to 975 GW at the end of 2023, driving down the price of silicon. PV InfoLink expects
AS Published on Sunday 2 October 2022 - n° 418 - Categories:cells
What is the effect of shading on solar cells?
Chinese researchers studied the impact of shading on single solar cells and on two cells connected in series or parallel. They found that only
L R AS Published on Tuesday 28 June 2022 - n° 410 - Categories:cells, perovskite
In brief from China: solar window, 26.5% HJT cell, perovskite/CIGS tandem cell
Hong Kong researchers have built a solar window that can generate electricity on the outside
L R AS Published on Tuesday 5 April 2022 - n° 400 - Categories:cells, panels
In short, cells and panels,
In short, cells and panels :
Bisol launches bifacial solar panels
450 W and 550 W solar panels from SolarJuice Technology
FuturaSun SILK Premium photovoltaic panels
N-type TOPCon solar cell from Trina Solar
LONGi gallium-doped p-type heterojunction PV cell
Formamidinium-Cesium Perovskite Solar Cell
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L R AS Published on Monday 14 February 2022 - n° 393 - Categories:cells
What price will silver metal fetch in 2022?
The average silver price is expected to fall by 1% to $24.80/ounce this year. This compares with $25.14/ounce in 2021. This price was 5% higher than in 2020, on the back of 10% additional global demand for the metal.
L R AS Published on Sunday 6 February 2022 - n° 392 - Categories:cells, panels
A new study on the potential degradation of panels
For many photovoltaic systems, potential-induced degradation (PID) is one of the main causes of panel degradation, caused by the high voltage between the encapsulants and the front glass surface,