Silicon Module Super League
Abbreviation | SMSL |
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Type | Group |
The Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) is a group of big-six crystalline silicon (c-Si) module suppliers in the 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]
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[]
- Materials science
- Solar energy in China
- Solar energy in Germany
- List of photovoltaics companies
References[]
- ^ "LONGi is the fastest growing PV manufacturer in the industry". April 2017.
- ^ "GCL joins the exclusive Silicon Module Super League for 2016". 13 April 2016.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Kenning, T. Trina sets new mono PERC cell efficiency record of 22.61%. PV Tech. Dec 19, 2016 1:16 PM GMT
- ^ 22.61% (December 2016 record)/17% (December 2012 record) = 1.33 (a one-third improvement)
- ^ PV Tech. Mark Osborne May 05, 2017 12:30 PM BST
- ^ First Solar and Risen Energy included in new SMSL for 2019. PV Tech. Finlay Colville Feb 1, 2019 2:33 PM GMT
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