An international research team has developed a metallization technique for TOPCon solar cells that can reportedly reduce silver usage in the devices’ rear side by 85%. The scientists replaced the ...
Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) have used indirect gravure printing for front-side metallization of silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells, ...
Image: Dirk Mahler, via Fraunhofer ISE. Future heterojunction technology (HJT) solar cells may require significantly less silver to produce, according to findings from researchers at German solar ...
Researchers in Germany have achieved a massive breakthrough after they printed solar cells that are not only more efficient but also far more durable than previous generations. Led by Arved Hübler, ...
As solar PV proliferates and emerges as the dominant energy transition technology in much of the world, it is taking up a larger and larger portion of the world’s silver production. Solar ...
Which process is best suited for mass production of perovskite solar cells? While solvent-based manufacturing processes are used in laboratories around the world, vacuum vapor-phase deposition ...
Over the past decade, perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells have demonstrated a stunning development. In research, efficiencies of more than 33 percent have been shown, exceeding by far those of ...