Featured in Corona Chaos – 03-2020

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Solar manufacturing’s recent move toward larger wafer/cells throws into focus the need for effective cell-cutting techniques to handle the processing of these cells into half cut or even smaller formats. pv magazine looks at the landscape for cell cutting, as the technology reaches maturity and moves into the mainstream of cell/module production.

By

Mark Hutchins

09 Mar 2020

Image: InnoLas Solution

Half cut cell technology has quickly established itself as a reliable and relatively simple method for manufacturers to push more watts out of their modules and meet increasing demand from customers for high-powered products.In its 2019 bankability survey, BloombergNEF found that 88% of industry participants viewed half cut cell as a bankable technology. “Half cut …

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