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PERC and black Silicon do battle

Trends in PERC: The fluctuating pricing and preferences in the mono-Si and multi-Si markets are braced for a new round of battle as PERC and black silicon technologies bring their competing road maps to the sector, writes Corrine Lin of EnergyTrend.

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pv magazine

11 May 2016

Just as PERC becomes synonymous with high-efficiency p-type PV cells, black silicon has returned with a vengeance. Though black silicon was previously overhyped, manufacturers are testing to see if it can improve the performance of multicrystaline silicon cells. With the competition between monocrystalline silicon and multi products moving into the high-efficiency market, debates over which …

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