Aiko Solar Bifacial Solar Cell Updated On Thu, Sep 28th, 2017 by Saurenergy Product Brief: Aiko Solar Energy Techno-logy Co. Ltd. (Aiko Solar), merchant solar cell producer has launched a high-efficiency P-type mono-PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) bifacial solar cell with front-side cell efficiency >21% and rear-side >15%. The company showcased the bifacial cell at SNEC 2017. Product Feature: Aiko Solar’s high-efficiency P-type mono-PERC bifacial cells use a […] Read more
REC Group Receives Prestigious Solar + Power Award for Its Twinpeak 2 Solar Panel Updated On Wed, Sep 27th, 2017 by Saurenergy The ‘Silicon Module Award’ category recognizes achievements in delivering high quality products that establish, support or exceed industry standards. This is the second Solar + Power industry award for REC Group and the second time its innovative TwinPeak technology based on half-cut multicrystalline PERC cells has been awarded. REC Group has again been distinguished with […] Read more
Simulations Pinpoint Atomic-level Defects in Solar Cell Nanostructures Updated On Mon, Sep 25th, 2017 by Saurenergy To understand the nature of something extremely complex, you often have to study its smallest parts. In trying to decipher the universe, for example, we search for gravitational waves or faint waves of light from the Big Bang. And to comprehend the very essence of matter itself, we break it down to the subatomic level […] Read more
Wickon Hightech’s ‘SPEEDFilm Solar’ System Updated On Wed, Sep 20th, 2017 by Saurenergy Product Brief: Wickon Hightech has developed a new model of the ‘SPEEDFilm’ inspection platform specifically for PV manufacturers. The ‘SPEEDFilm Solar’ system ensures 100% inspection of screen printed paste structures with a very high throughput that is able to handle thinner and thinner printed structures on c-Si solar wafers. Product Feature: The SPEEDFilm Solar system […] Read more
NREL’s Quantum Dot Research Yields Greater Control Updated On Wed, Sep 20th, 2017 by Saurenergy Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed new designer quantum dot systems with greater control over beneficial properties for photo-electrochemical and photovoltaic solar applications. The scientists were able to chemically modify lead sulfide (PbS) quantum dot surfaces so that their ionization energy– the amount of energy needed to […] Read more
Heraeus Photovoltaics SOL9641AX/BX Metallization Paste Updated On Fri, Sep 15th, 2017 by Saurenergy Product Brief: Heraeus Photovoltaics has introduced specially developed metallization pastes for ‘knotless screen’ printing of solar cells. The new SOL9641AX/BX series is designed to realise the full advantages of knotless printing screens and were deve-loped in close collaboration with screen vendors and customers. Chinese PV man-ufacturer EGing became the first integrated photovoltaic manufacturer worldwide using […] Read more
3D-Micromac microCELL OTF Laser System Updated On Fri, Sep 15th, 2017 by Saurenergy Product Brief: 3D-Micromac launched the second generation of its high-performance microCELL OTF laser systems at SNEC 2017. The high-performance production solution for Laser Contact Opening (LCO) of PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) solar cells achieves a throughput of 8,000 wafers per hour (wph). Product Feature: The highly productive laser system microCELL OTF offers precise surface […] Read more
NRL Tests Autonomous ‘Soaring with Solar’ Concept Updated On Fri, Sep 15th, 2017 by Saurenergy Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Vehicle Research Section and Photovoltaic Section are building on the proven concept of autonomous cooperative soaring of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Their research investigates the presence of solar photovoltaics (PV) to the cooperative autonomous soaring techniques, which enables long endurance flights of unmanned sailplanes that use the […] Read more
HyperSolar announces integration of a low-cost hydrogen catalyst into its solar hydrogen production device Updated On Thu, Aug 31st, 2017 by Saurenergy HyperSolar integrated this ruthenium-based catalyst for hydrogen evolution (video link here) with its proprietary low-cost catalyst for oxygen evolution onto a triple junction silicon solar cell. HyperSolar has announced the successful integration of a low-cost hydrogen catalyst into its solar hydrogen production device. HyperSolar approached Professor Jong-Beom Baek and his research group at Ulsan National […] Read more
