Featured in The fires feeding mono's rise – 11-2018

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Solar cell manufacturers are always in an R&D race to improve efficiency. But even with their efforts, today you can still expect up to a 3.5% loss from carrier or light-induced degradation, industry insiders claimed at pv magazine’s Quality Roundtable, held at Energy Taiwan 2018 in Taipei in September.

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pv magazine

02 Nov 2018

pv magazine held its 12th worldwide Quality Roundtable at the Energy Forum Taiwan | Image: pv magazine

A panel comprising leading technology experts from DuPont, TÜV Rheinland, Winaico, Stäubli, and Rehm Thermal Systems, came together for pv magazine’s Quality Roundtable in Taiwan on September 20. In addition to light-induced degradation (LID), the panelists addressed the increasingly pertinent topic of floating PV. The sharp rise of mono-PERC modules has been accompanied by the …

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