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PV Price Watch: N-P silicon price gap widens as module production drops

In the first week of 2024, a number of Chinese PV companies published their first quotes of the year for PV products. On 3 and 4 January, the Silicon Industry Branch (SIB) of China Nonferrous Metals ...
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PV Price Watch: Silicon material prices fall again, as n-type modules drop below RMB1/W

On 6 December, the Silicon Industry Branch of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association released the latest transaction prices for solar-grade polysilicon. The transaction price for n-type ...
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P-type solar products may be phased out by 2026 as n-type tech ‘rapidly’ expands

The rise of cost-effective TOPCon cell technology last year led to a ‘surge’ in production demand for solar n-type cell technology, with leading industry analysts TrendForce prophesying PERC cell ...
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Longi, ANU develop gettering-based process to improve n-type wafer quality

The Chinese module maker and the Australian National University utilized phosphorus diffusion gettering and another defect mitigation strategy to improve the quality of n-type wafers. The proposed ...