The company accepted the award during a ceremony held at the European PV Solar Energy Conference in Hamburg, Germany, this week.The company accepted the award during a ceremony held at the European PV Solar Energy Conference in Hamburg, Germany, this week.
This is a great honor and an important recognition from the industry about our innovation with Solamet pastes, said Peter Brenner, global photovoltaic business development manager, DuPont Microcircuit Materials, who accepted the award on behalf of DuPont. DuPont has set the pace of innovation in the solar industry, one innovation after another. We have introduced more than 110 new Solamet pastes within the last seven years alone, as our advanced materials continue to transform solar technology.
Now in their 5th year, the Solar Industry Awards, organized by leading PV trade publication International Solar, recognize the whole value chain and the people, products and services that are innovating manufacturing and product approaches that have the potential to change the way we live.
DuPont Solamet PV19x series photovoltaic metallization pastes are tailored to optimize the efficiency with which solar cells convert sunlight into electricity. Solamet PV19A, the first product in the PV19x series, is a front side silver paste based on DuPonts proprietary technology. It enhances the power output of solar cells by helping to enable fine line printing and minimize shading on the surface of the solar cells, while maintaining superior electrical conductivity. It also is designed to offer wider processing latitude during manufacturing, which means cost savings result from higher yields, and tighter cell distribution is shifted toward higher efficiency.
DuPont is actively developing variants of the new Solamet PV19x series aimed at boosting solar cell efficiencies even further.
