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N-type mono is coming

Solar cells: N-type mono wafers are the foundation for the most successful high efficiency solar PV cell designs on the market. But will they replace p-type technology for monocrystalline silicon PV, and when?

By

Christian Roselund

21 Jan 2015

In early July, Belgian research center imec revealed a new 21.5% efficient solar PV cell, using passivated emitter technology. However, unlike the previous records that the institute had announced with passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) technology, this one was passivated emitter, rear totally diffused (PERT) technology. Imec had switched the direction of its research six …

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