Q-Cells Presents New Solar Cell Technology at First Silicon PV Conference in Germany

Q-Cells SE presented its new solar cell technology at the first international conference on silicon photovoltaics (PV), held April 17-20 in Freiburg, Germany. At the conference, the technology experts and scientists from Q-Cells SE will share their latest discoveries and data for improvement of silicon technology with topics about efficiency enhancement, material characterization and methods of passivation in silicon photovoltaic.

At Silicon PV, Peter Wawer, senior VP technology at Q-Cells, will unveil the company’s new cell technology for high-efficiency solar cells. These cells have been developed at the Q-Cells in-house research center, with function nanolayers on the rear side metallized and passivated. This results in improved optical aesthetics and electrical performance, and it significantly boosts the solar cells’ output.

In February 2011, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) verified the record-breaking performance of the polycrystalline solar modules produced by Q-Cells using this high-performance cell technology.

“This world record sees Q-Cells once again underscore its leading technological position in the field of crystalline solar cells,” emphasized Wawer. “Thanks to the close integration of research, development and production at our Thalheim plant, the high-performance module we have developed will soon be ready for series production.”