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POE’s gloomy outlook

With global industries of all kinds assailed by stories of supply chain shortage, InfoLink analyst Derek Zhao considers what the rise of TOPCon will mean for supplies of polyolefin elastomer (POE) resin, which is preferred over more commonly used ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) as an encapsulant for the new, higher-efficiency PV cells.

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pv magazine

09 Nov 2022

TOPCon is expected to lead the charge of n-type solar out to 2026. | Image: PV InfoLink

With ceaseless technological advances having underpinned the solar revolution, the industry is keen to know which of the successor technologies will replace passivated emitter rear cell (PERC) as it reaches closer to its practical conversion efficiency limits. PERC emerged in 2015, itself displacing back surface field as the mainstream solar technology four years later, and …

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