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‘Throughput has always been the key factor’

The increasing size and sophistication of PV cell and module manufacturing places big requirements on providers of inline flash testing equipment, from ever-expanding throughput expectations to the ability to measure a growing range of solar cell characteristics. pv magazine recently spoke with Stefan Dauwe, director products and projects at German flashing equipment supplier halm, for an update on the state of the art in inline testing.

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Mark Hutchins

06 May 2022

Image: halm

Over the past year, we‘ve seen n-type cell technologies really start to scale up in manufacturing. Do these technologies – heterojunction and TOPCon, primarily – pose any new challenges when it comes to inline flash testing? The IV characteristics of high efficiency cells are challenging to measure due to their capacitance. The answer to this …

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