Cost-Effective Solar Cell and Module Test Instruments with Advanced Characterization Capabilities

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Sinton Instruments is developing detailed characterization tools to improve next-generation PV cells and modules. The tools will characterize the electronic properties of cells and modules after manufacturing, enabling better process control and reliability testing by tracking fundamental semiconductor parameters within the module. By integrating detailed device physics into the test sequence, cell characteristics can be related back to incoming material, substrate doping, and carrier recombination measurements performed during manufacturing. Cell measurements can also be related forward to the module characterization and reliability testing. The project will help to lower the cost of PV by enabling detailed process control and optimization throughout the entire cell and module manufacturing process.