Featured in The next phase – 10-2012

Being bombarded

Ion implantation: The technology has been around for some time now, but it is only of late that it is making ripples in the upstream production pond. Touted as a potential way to increase efficiencies and create cost savings, companies are starting to take a serious look at ion implantation.

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Shamsiah Ali Oettinger

28 Sep 2012

“Higher efficiency, lower cost” has been and will remain the mantra of the PV industry. Even if module prices have reached unprecedented lows over the years, manufacturers, through the value chain, have sought to further reduce their costs to vie for the prize of grid parity and that which lies beyond. The upstream developers are …

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