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Manz AG: Gunnar Voss von Dahlen succeeds Martin Hipp as CFO

March 15, 2017 Anand Gupta

Manz AG, a globally active high-tech equipment manufacturer with an extensive technology portfolio covering the three strategic business segments of “Electronics,” “Solar” and “Energy Storage,”…… For more information please visit below link…… Source:cometis

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Exclusive Editorial with EQ Magazine-JinkoSolar’s Time May Have Come

March 14, 2017 Anand Gupta

Since the beginning of last year, Chinese stocks have reached a low and are now on an upward trend…. For more information please visit below link……

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Microquanta claims 15.24% perovskite mini-module efficiency record

March 14, 2017 Anand Gupta

China-based thin-film PV firm Hangzhou Microquanta Semiconductor has claimed a new efficiency record for perovskite mini-modules of 15.24%, certified by Newport PV Lab in Montana, US. The tested mini-module has an aperture size of more than 16cm2. Microquanta said that by passing the 15% efficiency milestone for the first time, with previous records around the […]

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Solliance sets world record for roll-to-roll produced perovskite-based solar cells with a stabilized efficiency of 12,6%

March 14, 2017 Anand Gupta

Solliance announces the demonstration of an industrially-applicable roll-to-roll process for the production of solar cells, achieving a record 12,6% conversion efficiency on cell level. This breakthrough result paves the way towards an accelerated market introduction of this attractive new source of renewable energy. Perovskite microcrystals are a promising material to make high-yielding, thin-film solar cells. […]

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Multi-si PERC Cell Reaches 19.9% Efficiency with Direct Wafer Technology

March 14, 2017 Anand Gupta

Is there any other option except from black silicon for multi-si cells to increase conversion efficiency as well as to reduce production costs? 1366 Technology and Hanwha Q CELLS said YES. By adopting 1366’s Direct Wafer® technology with Q CELLS’ Q.ANTUM multi-si PERC platform, they successfully achieved 19.9% efficiency record. Mono-si products’ advantages in price […]

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Intevac Announces Record Order for ENERGi™ Solar Implant Systems

March 14, 2017 Anand Gupta

Intevac, Inc., a leading supplier of thin-film processing systems, today announced the receipt of an order for 12 ENERGi™ ion implant systems for advanced solar cell manufacturing. A record solar order for Intevac’s Thin-film Equipment business, this follow-on order enables over 1GW (gigawatt) of high-efficiency solar cell capacity expansion by the same customer in China […]

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Advantages and Challenges of Overlapped-Cell Modules, Halfcut-Cell Modules and Bifacial Modules

March 11, 2017 Anand Gupta

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Demand for PV products in 2017 has remained robust and relevant technologies have continued to advance. For instance, P-type mono-si PERC cell has become a mainstream technology at the high-efficiency market. In addition, the technology to combine diamond-wire cut with black silicon process is reaching toward commercialization. EnergyTrend further estimates that overlapped-cell modules, halfcut-cell modules […]

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Perovskite edges can be tuned for optoelectronic performance: Layered 2D material improves efficiency for solar cells and LEDs

March 11, 2017 Anand Gupta

“Our material is a layered compound, meaning it is a stack of 2D layers of perovskites with nanometer thickness (like a stack of sheets), and the 2D perovskite layers are separated by thin organic layers,” said Jean-Christophe Blancon, lead author on a paper out today in the journal Science’s First Release distribution. “This work could […]

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RENA Technologies offers advanced texturing solutions and receives large orders from major Asian customers

March 11, 2017 Anand Gupta

RENA Technologies GmbH offers advanced solutions to customers for texturing of both mono and multi crystalline silicon sliced by diamond wire saw technology. Further, RENA has received significant orders from major Asian customers for alkaline texturing and wet-chemical edge isolation for high efficiency monocrystalline silicon solar cells. The continued decline in wafer prices has led to […]