Despite their clear efficiency advantages, high-resistivity, lightly doped silicon wafers have seen limited adoption ...

High-resistivity silicon wafers offer superior efficiency potential but are highly sensitive to edge recombination and mechanical damage, limiting their commercial use compared to more robust standard ...

A research group at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has shown that in situ gettering during the application of asymmetric configuration of n-type and p-type ...

TCL Zhonghuan plans to expand its manufacturing capacities across the value chain with a 25GW solar cell plant. Image: Unsplash Chinese solar PV components manufacturer TCL Zhonghuan plans to issue up ...

Maxwell Technologies has announced that its independently developed HJT solar cells have achieved a conversion efficiency of 26.92% on a full size 210 half-cut wafer (220.76 cm²).

24 July 2006 – BP Solar claims to have developed a new silicon growth process that significantly increases cell efficiency over traditional multi-crystalline-based solar cells. The new technique, ...

The global photovoltaic (PV) industry is entering a phase defined less by headline capacity additions and more by incremental but compounding improvements in efficiency, reliability, and ...

Solex Energy plans a $1.5 billion investment over five years to enhance solar manufacturing capacity in India. The company aims to double its solar module and cell production while increasing wafer ...

As countries around the world strive to reduce their carbon footprints and seek sustainable energy resources, the solar energy industry has experienced significant growth. Among the diverse process ...