International Technology Roadmap for PV - PVMC
International Technology Roadmap for PV - PVMC
International Technology Roadmap for PV - PVMC
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Summary Challenges – near term<br />
Basic challenge <strong>for</strong> near term: upgrades vs. new invest<br />
• Further reduction in process costs <strong>for</strong> poly-Si<br />
• cell-to-module conversion w/o power loss<br />
• Througput increase (front-end & back-end)<br />
• Efficiency increase with existing lines / technologies<br />
• Ongoing cost reduction<br />
• Silver reduction / plating technologies<br />
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2nd Annual c-Si <strong>PV</strong>MC Workshop,<br />
10 July 2013, San Francisco, USA<br />
ITR<strong>PV</strong> 4 th Edition – Results 2012