Featured in Turkey – 04-2014

The greatest thing since sliced bread?

Wafer production: “Kerfless wafers” promise low cost by simplifying production and eliminating wastage, but how ready is the technology for today’s PV industry?

Wafers – the slices of polysilicon that are processed into solar cells – contribute significantly to overall PV module production costs, and also dictate the potential efficiencies that can be achieved with solar cells. Wafer production also generates materials wastage, termed kerf loss in the industry. In efforts to minimize costs associated with processing polysilicon …

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