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Laser ablation of PERC solar cells

PERC ablation: Laser technology has become the dominant way to create openings on the back side of PERC PV cells, with no rival technologies at the moment relevant on the market. But new entrants are putting pressure on established laser makers in the worlds largest markets.

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Christian Roselund

19 Sep 2016

Under sustained pressure to keep costs low while increasing efficiency, over the past few years crystalline silicon PV manufacturers have increasingly turned to passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) PV designs. The technology offers modest efficiency increases with only a few additional tools and minor changes to existing cell processes, and as such PERC has been …

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