Featured in Racing towards high performance – 06-2019

The glue that binds HJT

The push towards higher-efficiency technologies drives innovation right across the supply chain. Long proven in the electronics industry, an electrically conductive adhesive (ECA) is now being deployed in heterojunction production, facilitated by new equipment.

By

Jonathan Gifford

04 Jun 2019

While SmartWire was used for the interconnection of the 60 cell modules from Hevel’s first line, its new modules will utilize ECA cell interconneciton. | Image: Hevel

Russia is the somewhat unlikely location for one of the most experienced heterojunction (HJT) PV production outfits in the post-Panasonic era. Hevel Solar has been ramping up and operating a 180 MW HJT, SmartWire cell and module line in Novocheboksarsk, Russia over the past two years. It is currently adding a second 120 MW line …

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