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PERC-based shingled solar cells and modules at Fraunhofer ISE

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By Puzant Baliozian; Nils Klasen; Nico Wöhrle; Christoph Kutter; Hannah Stolzenburg; Mohammad Al-Akash; Achim Kraft; Martin Heinrich; Armin Richter; Anna Münzer; Pierre Saint-Cast; Max Mittag; Elmar Lohmüller; Tobias Fellmeth; Andreas Fell; Alma Spribille; Holger Neuhaus; Ralf Preu

This paper reports on the latest advances in passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC)-based shingled solar cell activities at Fraunhofer ISE. The approach taken is to fabricate 6" host wafers from
Czochralski-grown silicon and separate them after metallization and contact firing into bifacial p-type shingled passivated edge, emitter and rear (pSPEER) solar cells.

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