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Month: November 2019

Semiconductors Solar cells

What is a HJT solar cell?

Keng Siew Chan
November 28, 2019

HJT is the acronym for hetero-junction solar cells. Introduced by Japanese company Sanyo in the 1980s, then acquired by Panasonic in 2010s, HJT is considered as a potential successor to the popular PERC solar cell as of the time of…

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Semiconductors Solar cells

What is a TOPCON solar cell?

Keng Siew Chan
November 21, 2019

TOPCON (also known as passivated contact) solar cell, is touted as the next generation of solar cell technology after PERC. This novel architecture is introduced by researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems in Germany in 2013 [1]. Compared…

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