N-type cell performance race proceeds as JinkoSolar sets brand-new record of 25.25%.

• JinkoSolar has accomplished a new record effectiveness for a large-area n-type TOPCon monocrystalline solar cell, taking its effectiveness to 25.25%.

The 'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) supplier said it had recorded a maximum conversion efficiency of 25.25%, a brand-new record for a contact-passivated solar cell, a performance individually confirmed by China's National Institute of Metrology.

Jinko said it was 3rd time the manufacturer had established a brand-new effectiveness record in this field in less than a year, having accomplished an efficiency of 24.9% in January. It tops the previous effectiveness record of 25.09% set by LONGi last month, which was the first time an n-type TOPCon cell generated a performance score beyond 25%.

Jinko accomplished the record by making a number of upgrades to the cell procedure as well as fabrication of Czochralski silicon substratums, making use of an useful cell size of 267.4 cm2. More advancements were made to the manufacturer's n-type wafer, passivating contract innovations, diffusion system, surface passivation, cell metallisation as well as other technologies.

The company added that the breakthrough likewise led the way for the automation of n-type TOPCon cells to hold.

Hao Jin, primary technology officer at JinkoSolar, said each milestone recorded by the firm was testimony to its R&D capabilities.

Financial investment in n-type solar cell innovations as well as manufacturing efforts has actually continued to rise as well as PV Tech's in-house market research group has forecasted them to dominate solar sector spending from 2024 onwards, with n-type cell capability to go beyond 15GW by the end of this year.