Trina Solar announced a new milestone for its industrially-produced P-type monocrystalline cells (156 x 156 mm2) with Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) technology.
With an average efficiency of 21.1 percent, the solar modules using these high-efficiency cells have reached an output power of 300W (60 psc cells).
Built with advanced rear passivation technology, the P-type monocrystilline PERC cells were fabricated on a large-size industrial boron-doped Cz-Si substrate and were developed on the Company’s “golden” pilot production line with standard industrial production materials and processes, the company said.
Dr. Pierre Verlinden, vice-president and chief scientist of Trina Solar, commented, “We are proud of our latest achievement in attaining an average conversion efficiency rate of 21.1 percent for our monocrystalline PERC cells that were industrially produced by applying our laboratory world record PERC cell technology. We will not stop here as we continue to relentlessly develop low cost yet highly efficient solar products.”
Dr. Zhiqiang Feng, vice-president of Trina Solar and Director of the State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology, added that Trina Solar has always focused on technology innovation and transfer their best laboratory technology to commercial production in order to further reduce the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE).
“As demand for high-efficiency cells increases, our R&D team’s achievement in raising the average efficiency of our industrially-produced monocrystalline PERC cells will help accelerate the applications of high-efficiency solar products and build a solid foundation for further reductions in the LCOE,” Feng added.
“These efforts should help bolster the widespread adoption of solar energy on a global scale as well as enable the earlier arrival of grid parity,” he concluded.
Rajani Baburajan