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• Popular Technical Papers

  • Overview of automation in the photovoltaic industry
  • Understanding moisture ingress and packaging requirements for photovoltaic modules
  • Evaluation of encapsulant materials for PV applications
  • Inline processing of crystalline silicon solar cells: the holy grail for large-scale manufacturing?
  • PV sector outlook: an analyst’s perspective

• Featured Technical Papers

  • Transparent conducting oxide deposition techniques for thin-film photovoltaics
  • Comprehensive and advanced quality assurance measures for optimal yields from PV power plants
  • Surface passivation of silicon solar cells using industrially relevant Al2O3 deposition techniques
  • Influence of a-Si:H deposition temperature on thermal stability of a-Si:H/SiNx:H stacks
  • Integrated loops: a prerequisite for sustainable and environmentally-friendly polysilicon production

Ever since the introduction of attractive feed-in tariffs for photovoltaic electricity generation, there has been a huge surge in all kinds of photovoltaic applications. Products based on multicrystalline wafers still have the largest market share with thin-film products picking up in recent times. In the course of this process, production technology for waferbased solar cells has been improved. With the second generation of tools, a trend towards standardization is apparent. Deposition of silicon nitride is one of the key processes of solar cell production. While its technological significance is often underestimated, it is the only process step that serves a multitude of purposes.

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