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Backing back contact

While most manufacturers embrace tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar for higher efficiency, Aiko Solar is developing all-back-contact (ABC) technology, as the company’s director of products, Cris Lu, told pv magazine at the PV Expo Japan trade show.

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Mark Hutchins

03 May 2023

Photo: Aiko Solar

pv magazine: Aiko Solar is one of a few manufacturers investigating back contact technology at the moment – can you tell us a bit about your progress in this area?Cris Lu: We estimate that this year the entire PV market will amount to between 320 GW and 350 GW, and that back contact technologies will …

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