德國(guó)Centrotherm SiTec公司，一個(gè)由德國(guó)Centrotherm  AG集團(tuán)完全控股的子公司，通過(guò)改善多晶硅硅錠熔爐中的晶體化程序使得該公司的電池和組件效率達(dá)到了一個(gè)新的記錄。平均的電池效率達(dá)到16.6%，而最高效率可以達(dá)到17%。這些測(cè)試結(jié)果是在試生產(chǎn)中常規(guī)生產(chǎn)狀態(tài)測(cè)試得到的結(jié)果。
與此同時(shí)，市場(chǎng)上其他類(lèi)似競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者的同類(lèi)多晶硅材料光伏電池效率多為16.3-16.4%之間。通過(guò)這種新的技術(shù)改進(jìn)，centrotherm公司成本比原來(lái)的程序降低了8%。當(dāng)這種電池制成組件后，該公司組件功率為236Wp，而同等產(chǎn)品的其他競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手相應(yīng)的組件功率一般都為210-220Wp。

23.08.2010: centrotherm SiTec GmbH, a 100 percent subsidiary of centrotherm photovoltaics AG, has achieved a new cell efficiency record through an improved process in its crystallization furnace to produce multi-crystalline ingots. Average efficiencies of 16.6 percent, and a peak result of up to 17.0 percent, were achieved under regular production conditions on a pilot line. The standard market levels usually achieved are between 16.2 and 16.4 percent on multi-crystalline material. centrotherm
SiTec also cut manufacturing costs by eight percent with the new crystallization process compared with the previous process sequence. At the module level, values of around 236 Watt peak (Wp) per module were recorded ? which usually stand at market levels from 210 to 220 Wp. …
Source: centrotherm photovoltaics AG