Significant R&D investments in Asia and Cell Optimization Service helps customers set new marks for efficiency
SHANGHAI, China- February 5, 2018 – For the fifth time in four months, Heraeus Photovoltaics, the worldwide leading supplier of metallization solutions to the PV industry, helped a customer achieve a validated world record in PERC (Passivated Emitter and Rear Contact) solar cell energy efficiency. The most recent customer achievement occurred in China, where a solar cell company reached 20.41% photovoltaic conversion efficiency, establishing a new monocrystalline PERC module conversion efficiency world record. In 2017, Heraeus pastes enabled two separate customers in four different instances to also achieve world records in PERC efficiency for their cells, as verified by accredited third-party testing organizations:
- In Oct 2017, Fraunhofer ISE CalLab of Germany certified a photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 22.71% on a monocrystalline PERC cell made using Heraeus front side metallization paste
- Also, in Oct 2017, Chinese Academy of Solar Sciences’ Photovoltaic and Wind Power System Quality Test Center certified 22.04% and 22.78% conversion efficiency record on P-type polycrystalline PERC and P-type monocrystalline PERC solar cells made using Heraeus metallization paste
- In Nov 2017, the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Photovoltaic and Wind Power System Quality Test Center verified a world record cell efficiency milestone of 23.45% in a monocrystalline PERC cell made with Heraeus front side metallization paste
For Heraeus, the results are connected to the company’s new innovation investment strategy, which began in late 2016. The two major pillars of this plan included:
