Featured in Spotlight on cells – 10-2025

Layering potential

Germany’s M10 Industries AG and Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) first presented their shingled cell matrix technology in 2021. A few months later, M10 teamed up with Zahoransky AG, an automation equipment supplier. Their joint venture M10 Solar Equipment aims to industrialize shingle matrix technology for the mass market. To find out more about market prospects for this technology, pv magazine spoke to M10’s technology and sales manager, Nils Klasen.

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Blathnaid O’Dea

02 Oct 2025

Image: M10 Solar

How does shingle matrix technology compare to a standard module in terms of efficiency and composition? By overlapping the solar cells as you do for shingling, and also building up the masonry-like structure [by overlapping the cells] we can increase the packing density to the highest possible level. The idea is to put as much …

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