Featured in Connected to quality – 04-2020

Final thought – Balancing technology and reliability

Kaushik Roy Choudhury, senior scientist and global technology leader, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions
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The past decade saw solar system prices falling and efficiencies improving at an unprecedented rate. Between 2010 and 2019, multicrystalline silicon solar module prices dropped from more than $2.00/Wp to just over $0.20/Wp. This has been made possible for two main reasons – firstly, by commercializing new technologies like passivated emitter and rear contact (PERC) …

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