AS Published on Sunday 12 July 2020 - n° 328 - Categories:cells
Chinese offensive to mutate to N-type cells
Two Chinese equipment manufacturers signed an agreement in May for cooperation in developing machines capable of producing N-type cells. The aim is to improve the chemical deposition system
L R AS Published on Saturday 11 July 2020 - n° 328 - Categories:R&D , cells
New cell interconnection method
The Swedish company Sticky Solar has developed a method of interconnecting the cells. According to him, his process has several advantages over current methods of soldering in the manufacture of panels. According to him,
AS Published on Monday 29 June 2020 - n° 326 - Categories:cells
A solar cell in the shape of a disco ball!
Inspired by the eyes of certain insects, a Saudi-American team has developed a solar cell in the shape of a disco ball. It achieves much higher efficiency than standard flat cells. It captures more light
L R AS Published on Sunday 28 June 2020 - n° 326 - Categories:cells
Nine-bar cells at SolarWelt
Germany's future PV panel manufacturer SolarWelt has ordered machines to produce strips for cell production.
AS Published on Monday 25 May 2020 - n° 323 - Categories:cells, R&D
New concept of solar cell with heat recovery.
Japanese scientists from AIST and ISSP presented a new concept of solar cell with heat recovery. It is equipped with an absorbent silicon layer
L R AS Published on Sunday 17 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:cells, capacity increase/decrease
Tongwei launches the construction of its 30 GW cell unit
Tongwei has started building the first phase of its 30 GW PV production unit in Jintang. The first phase
L R AS Published on Monday 11 May 2020 - n° 321 - Categories:cells
Creating new test procedures for perovskite cells and tandems
The advent of perovskite and tandem cells is forcing laboratories and test machine manufacturers to change the procedures currently used in silicon cell production cycles. In the laboratory, there is time to measure
L R AS Published on Sunday 19 April 2020 - n° 318 - Categories:cells
A light and flexible solar cell
Researchers at Monash University in Australia have succeeded in developing a solar cell so light and flexible that it could revolutionise the future of portable technology. They have developed
L R AS Published on Sunday 19 April 2020 - n° 318 - Categories:cells
24.2% for a CIGS tandem solar cell
Scientists from the German HZB announce an efficiency of 24.2% for a CIGS tandem solar cell. They have combined
L R AS Published on Sunday 19 April 2020 - n° 318 - Categories:cells
A TOPCon cell of type N and G1 format at 23.5%.
The Chinese Jolywood reports that he has increased the efficiency of a TOPCon cell of type N and G1 format to 23.5%.
PV Tech of April 15
L R AS Published on Sunday 19 April 2020 - n° 318 - Categories:R&D , cells
Potassium iodide to protect quantum dot cells
Korean scientists from DGIST have studied the performance degradation of quantum dot solar cells. This is a technology
L R AS Published on Monday 6 April 2020 - n° 316 - Categories:cells
Trina Solar accelerates its move to 210mm wafer format
Trina Solar expects its 500 W panel production capacity to reach 5.5 GW by the end of the year.
L R AS Published on Saturday 4 April 2020 - n° 316 - Categories:cells
Further improvement of the efficiency of Jolywood TOPCon cells in production
The Chinese manufacturer Jolywood claims that cells in production with TOPCon N-type technology are reaching
R AS Published on Monday 16 March 2020 - n° 313 - Categories:cells
Cell at the rate of 27.7
Australian scientists have achieved an efficiency rate of 27.7% with
R AS Published on Monday 9 March 2020 - n° 312 - Categories:brochures, cells
LONGi tries to impose its brochure format
LONGi has launched numerous announcements of capacity increases on wafers, cells and panels. Its production capacity for mono panels should exceed 30 GW by the end of 2020, 80% of which will use 166 mm wafers. The company states