Progress on Bifacial Ni/Ag Plated nPERT Cells for Module Fabrication with SWCT

Autor: Tous, L., Russell, R., Yao, Y., Bonnet-Eymard, B., Jambaldinni, S., Van Der Heide, A., Doumen, G., Duerinckx, F., Voroshazi, E., Szlufcik, J.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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DOI: 10.4229/35theupvsec20182018-2co.12.3
Popis: 35th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition; 439-443
In this work, we report on progress made when using busbarless (0BB) bifacial Ni/Ag plated n-type Czochralski-grown (Cz) Passivated Emitter, Rear Totally diffused (nPERT) cells and Smart Wire Contacting Technology (SWCT) for interconnection. We show that Ni/Ag glass-glass (GG) SWCT laminates with an adapted laser pattern display a limited average power loss of 1.7±0.0 %rel. after 600 thermal cycles (TC) between -40 °C to +85 °C. Using this adapted laser pattern, we made a 60-cell GG SWCT module from a new batch of 0BB Ni/Ag nPERT cells using automated stringing equipment at Meyer Burger facilities. For this module, we measured a maximum power of 296.9 Wp under standard test conditions with a good cell-to-module ratio of 1.01. In addition, we also measured BiFi100 and BiFi200 values of 327.6 Wp and 356.7 Wp respectively. These results show the high potential of SWCT GG modules with 0BB Ni/Ag nPERT cells.
Databáze: OpenAIRE