L R AS Published on Monday 20 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:cells, capacity increase/decrease
Aiko Solar presents ambitious plan to increase capacity
The Chinese cell manufacturer, Aiko Solar, is presenting an ambitious plan to increase capacity.
While it has 9.2 GW in production by the end of 2019, it plans to reach a capacity of 22 GW
L R AS Published on Sunday 19 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:cells
Stretchable silicon cells, while maintaining their efficiency
Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia (KAUST) have created flexible crystalline silicon solar cells. They claim to have stretched the surface of a crystalline silicon cell
L R AS Published on Saturday 18 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:cells
Jinko Solar's new breakthrough in cell efficiency
China's Jinko Solar has achieved conversion efficiencies of 21.8% and 22.5% for its PERC p-type and HOT n-type two-sided panels, thanks to a new anti-reflective coating and metallisation technique.
PV Magazine of 17 January
L R AS Published on Saturday 18 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:cells
Development of an entirely inorganic solar cell
Hong Kong City University reports that its researchers have developed an entirely inorganic, more stable solar cell with an efficiency of 16.1%. This is the
L R AS Published on Saturday 18 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:cells
Marketing of dye-sensitised solar cells
After ten years of research into dye-sensitised solar cells, the Taiwanese Institute of Industrial Technology (ITRI) and Formosa Plastics are setting up an annual production line of 120,000 cells in southern Taiwan.
AS Published on Sunday 12 January 2020 - n° 304 - Categories:cells, miscellaneous financial
How did Tongwei become the world's number one cell company?
In six years, China's Tongwei has become the world's largest manufacturer of solar cells. As such, the company has a considerable impact on the PV industry.
In 2013, Tongwei acquires a cell production plant. Its production capacity increased from 1.2 GW to 20 GW. The 2019 turnover exceeds 10 billion RMB ($1.44 billion). Its expansion plan calls for
L R AS Published on Sunday 12 January 2020 - n° 304 - Categories:cells
Research on high-efficiency multi-junction solar cells by JinkoSolar
JinkoSolar has established a partnership with the Shanghai Institute of Space Power-Sources (SISP) to develop
AS Published on Sunday 12 January 2020 - n° 304 - Categories:cells
Correlation between microcracks and hot spots in polycrystalline cells
British researchers confirm the correlation between microcracks and hot spots in polycrystalline cells.
By studying 4,000 polycrystalline silicon solar cells, they have shown that power losses can vary from 0.9% to 0.5%.
L R AS Published on Sunday 12 January 2020 - n° 304 - Categories:cells, perovskite
Next market launch of a perovskite + CIGS cell
An unknown Japanese manufacturer has acquired the rights to produce a cell based on perovskite and CIGS, 23.3% efficient, developed by the German HZB and the Lithuanian University of Kaunas.
L R AS Published on Monday 6 January 2020 - n° 303 - Categories:cells, R&D
An organic solar cell to achieve an efficiency of 17%.
Tungsten disulphide would allow an organic solar cell to achieve an efficiency of 17%. Researchers from the University of Science
L R AS Published on Sunday 15 December 2019 - n° 302 - Categories:cells
Transparent cell with perforations
South Koreans have transformed a crystalline silicon cell into a transparent cell. They did this by making holes 100 microns in diameter on a neutral coloured substrate. After perforation,
L R AS Published on Saturday 14 December 2019 - n° 302 - Categories:cells
Will N-PERT emerge in 2020?
N-PERT could become an alternative to the current P PERC monosilicon standard which accounts for 80% of crystalline silicon production by 2020. The production of N mono-PERC cells is still limited by wafer supply.
L R AS Published on Monday 9 December 2019 - n° 301 - Categories:cellules
Faut-il toujours privilégier l'efficacité des cellules ou la valeur de l'efficacité ?
Des scientifiques américains affirment qu'il faut privilégier "la valeur de l'efficacité" (le VOE), c'est à dire la comparaison entre le coût pour passer à une efficacité plus élevée d'une cellule, et l'augmentation de l’énergie obtenue (coût moyen de l'électricité - LCOE).
R AS Published on Sunday 24 November 2019 - n° 299 - Categories:cells, R&D
Research on liquid cells
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany has received funding of €4.5m for a project to work on a fundamentally new concept of solar cells.
L R AS Published on Sunday 24 November 2019 - n° 299 - Categories:cells
Hanergy achieves 25.1% with a 244 cm² (12 x 12 cm) heterojunction cell
Hanergy achieves 25.1% efficiency with a 244 cm² (12 x 12 cm) heterojunction cell
PV Magazine of 20 November