Featured in Changing face of PV – 12-2014

PERC goes mainstream

Solar cells: Passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) technology is taking the solar industry by storm, with nearly 5 GW of installed capacity. What is the attraction of PERC, and what are its limitations?

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Christian Roselund

03 Dec 2014

Passivated emitter and (locally diffused) rear contact (PERC) technology for photovoltaic cell production is far from a new idea. From its beginning in the 1980s at Australia’s University of New South Wales, PERC made its way over the next few decades to most PV efficiency roadmaps.However, for many years this technology was confined to the …

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