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Exateq supplies the next generation of HJT

Wet chemical processes for heterojunction are important in preparing the crystalline silicon surface for the amorphous silicon layer. Germany’s exateq is supplying one of the recent high-profile HJT expansions, and the company’s managing director, Gerry Knoch, believes major cost reductions and performance jumps are just around the corner – potentially driving the high-efficiency technology into the mainstream.

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pv magazine

21 Oct 2019

Image: Exateq

As PV technologies become mature and make their way into mass production, it can also be the case that some process steps require a rethink. For heterojunction PV, which is showing increasing signs of making the leap into large- scale production, the addition of the amorphous silicon semiconductor layer to the crystalline silicon substrate requires …

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