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May 26, 2015

Polycrystalline bifacial solar cell industrially produced in Italy
Padua, Italy (SPX) May 22, 2015
At Solarexpo it has been announced that, for the first time in the world, a new type of photovoltaic bifacial cell has been industrially produced: the P-type POLYcrystalline bifacial cell. The production line has already registered these outstanding efficiency data: 18% on the front side and 15.3% on the back side of the solar cell, with a 85% of bifaciality factor and an overall cell efficiency of 22.5%, considering a 25% back side energy contribution, which is nowadays a tipical value for this t ... read more

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