The company said that the project aims to develop high efficiency n-type silicon solar cells with conversion efficiencies of 20% for mass production by leveraging existing and proven processing tools currently used for p-type cells.
In addition, the project will aim to improve the efficiency of Trina Solar’s standard p-type multicrystalline silicon solar cells, by increasing commercial production efficiency to approximately 19%.
The joint research and development agreement is expected to receive more than A$3m ($3.27m) funding from the Australian Solar Institute (ASI).
The ASI is part of the Australian Government’s Clean Energy Initiative and aims to promote and support new innovative research ideas.
