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Coating puts busbars back in the game

In late September, Heraeus launched its Selectively Coated Ribbons (SCR) technology. The product will be rolled out in partnership with ribbon supplier Ulbrich. Delivering a 1.9 W power output boost without any equipment investment and with few process changes, Heraeus’ Toralf Eggert and Ulbrich’s Peter Berghofer claim SCR will make conventional busbars competitive with unwieldy multi-busbars.

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Jonathan Gifford

02 Nov 2018

Image: Ulbrich

pv magazine: How do you best describe Selectively Coated Ribbons (SCR) technology?Toralf Eggert (TE): It is an extension of an idea that Heraeus Photovoltaics came up with more than one year ago, when we wanted to broaden our product portfolio besides our pastes – which are our standard product.So, it is a part of the …

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