Featured in Northern hot spot – 11-2010

Discreet wiring

Back contact cells: The first solar cells with contacts located on their back side were made in the mid-1970s. Although they offer many advantages, only a few models have been able to really conquer the market up to now. Now, cooperation between Solland Solar and Schott Solar is supposed to change that.

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pv magazine

18 Nov 2010

The fact that Sunweb solar cells from the Dutch company Solland Solar must be something special can be seen at first sight: the silvery contacts on the front side cover the silicon surface in wound courses. At 16 points, the structures converge in the shape of a star and lend the cell an almost organic …

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