These solar cells are a different take on a standard module.
Contact strips on solar panels.
Interdigitated back contact solar cells ibc.
Silicon solar cells are metalized with thin rectangular shape strips printed on the front and back sides of a solar photovoltaic cell.
Interdigitated back contact solar cells ibc or rear contact solar cells are a variant of standard solar cells.
J ulie griffiths wanted to reduce her carbon footprint by installing solar panels.
They conduct the direct current generated by the solar photovoltaic cell.
The cost would have been a prohibitive 12 000 so she signed a deal to lease part of her roof to a solar power.
The top countries of suppliers are china taiwan china and india from which the percentage of solar panel strips supply is 99 1 and 1 respectively.
Efficiency is higher because of the way that they re designed.
Every electrical contact is at the rear of the cell preventing the metal contact strips at the front barring light from getting to the cell surface.
These metallic contacts are called busbars and have a significant purpose.