Silicon Module Super League

The Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) is a group of big-six crystalline silicon (c-Si) module suppliers in the modern solar PV industry. The 'big six' industry group members were Canadian Solar, Hanwha Q CELLS, JA Solar, Jinko Solar, and Trina Solar. LONGi[1] the world's largest solar monocrystalline silicon manufacturer and GCL,[2] the world's largest solar poly crystalline silicon manufacturer, both joined the SMSL in mid-2016.[3]

Silicon Module Super League
AbbreviationSMSL
TypeGroup

The achievement scale of this solar module industry breakaway group is notable. These seven module suppliers have been forecast to ship about half of the world's end-market supply during 2017.[4]

Chinese solar engineers at Trina Solar hold the record for a 22.61% PV efficiency in mono-PERC-cells with Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) technology developed at its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China [5] That one-third efficiency improvement was achieved in four years of PV research in China.[6]

SMSL group members have held the PV efficiency record for some time. Trina Solar in 2015 had set the previous record of 22.13%. Again, in July 2016, Trina Solar claimed that its production lines were able to produce the same kind of PERC cells in large volume with an average efficiency of 21.12%. This new, later higher cell efficiency which surpasses Trina Solar's record, has been independently confirmed by the Fraunhofer ISE CalLab in Germany. Trina Solar achieves 24.13% conversion efficiency for IBC solar cell.[7]

As of February 2019, PVTech added First Solar and Risen Energy to the list of SMSL manufacturers.[8]

See also

References
  1. https://www.pv-tech.org/editors-blog/longi-is-the-fastest-growing-pv-manufacturer-in-the-industry
  2. http://www.pv-tech.org/editors-blog/gcl-joins-the-exclusive-silicon-module-super-league-for-2016
  3. Colville, F. Longi Silicon Materials becomes latest member of Silicon Module Super League. PV Tech. July 11, 2016 10:06 AM BST. Accessed 12/19/2016
  4. Colville, F. Longi Silicon Materials becomes latest member of Silicon Module Super League. PV Tech. July 11, 2016 10:06 AM BST. Accessed 12/19/2016
  5. Kenning, T. Trina sets new mono PERC cell efficiency record of 22.61%. PV Tech. Dec 19, 2016 1:16 PM GMT
  6. 22.61% (December 2016 record)/17% (December 2012 record) = 1.33 (a one-third improvement)
  7. PV Tech. Mark Osborne May 05, 2017 12:30 PM BST
  8. First Solar and Risen Energy included in new SMSL for 2019. PV Tech. Finlay Colville Feb 1, 2019 2:33 PM GMT
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.