Developed by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE, the cell is manufactured with metallization based on a plating process. The device was built with galvanic nickel/copper/silver contacts instead of common silver contacts.Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have been seeking for several years to reduce silver usage - a main concern for the PV industry - in the metallization of TOPCon solar cells, for which relying on lower amounts of the precious metal is crucial to reduce manufacturing costs and gain further market share. Recently, a group of scientists from the German ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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