{"id":15754,"date":"2017-10-10T06:47:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T20:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=15754"},"modified":"2017-10-10T06:47:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T20:17:38","slug":"jinkosolar-cell-efficiency-mb0244","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jinkosolar-cell-efficiency-mb0244\/","title":{"rendered":"JinkoSolar Breaks Solar Cell Efficiency Record (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jinko-solar-panels.png\" alt=\"JinkoSolar panels\" width=\"636\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jinko-solar-panels.png 636w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jinko-solar-panels-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ccbnNewsArticleText\">The conversion efficiency for P-type mc-Si PERC cells has exceeded the 22% mark for the first time &#8211; and the technology will be integrated into JinkoSolar&#8217;s production lines.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ccbnNewsArticleText\">The company announced it achieved conversion efficiency of 22.04% for &#8220;practical sized&#8221; P-type multi-crystalline silicon solar cells, which has been verified by Fraunhofer ISE Germany.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ccbnNewsArticleText\">JinkoSolar says advanced texturing, passivation and anti-light-induced degradation (anti-LID)\u00a0 technologies were integrated into the passivated emitter rear contact (PERC) structure to achieve the new world record; the second time the company has set a new conversion efficiency record since October last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"ccbnNewsArticleText\">&#8220;The entire manufacturing chain is comprised of low-cost industrial processes and will be gradually transferred into mass production,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/Vv1JCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Dr. Jin Hao , Vice President of JinkoSolar .<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"ccbnNewsArticleText\">P-Type solar cells are the most common type used in solar panels for residential, commercial and utility applications. The other form, N-Type, are used in some high-end panels. SQ blogger Ronald explains the difference between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/p-type-and-n-type-solar-cells-excellent-electron-adventure\/\">P-Type and N-Type solar cells here<\/a>. If the term &#8216;PERC&#8217; has you baffled, check out Ronald&#8217;s article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/perc-solar-panel\/\">PERC solar panels here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ccbnNewsArticleText\">In other recent news from JinkoSolar, the company states it was named the most &#8220;bankable&#8221; solar panel manufacturer among 52 module brands by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). The results are based on a survey by BNEF of key PV stakeholders.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The result of this survey confirms that JinkoSolar is the most preferred brand by banks, the top brand that industry players are most willing to use in their projects, and also the top brand that source of finances are most willing to fund,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/zzSXNB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Kangping Chen, CEO of JinkoSolar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>JinkoSolar also recently announced it supplied 28.2 MW dc of its 1500- volt monocrystalline PERC modules to Swinerton Renewable Energy. Swinerton used the 80,0000 solar panels in construction of the Jacumba Solar Project in San Diego County, California; which was commissioned in August.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been another busy year for JinkoSolar, with <span class=\"ccbnNewsArticleText\">4.9GW of modules delivered in the first half of 2017. As at June 30, the company had an integrated annual capacity of 6.0 GW for silicon ingots and wafers, 4.5 GW for solar cells, and 7.5 GW for solar panels. JinkoSolar has 15,000 employees and 8 production facilities, 5 of which are in China. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ccbnNewsArticleText\">You can read Australian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/jinko-solar-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">customer reviews of JinkoSolar panels here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The conversion efficiency for P-type mc-Si PERC cells has exceeded the 22% mark for the first time &#8211; and the technology will be integrated into JinkoSolar&#8217;s production lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":15755,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>JinkoSolar Breaks Solar Cell Efficiency Record (Again) - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"JinkoSolar has announced the conversion efficiency for P-type mc-Si PERC cells has exceeded the 22% mark for the first time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jinkosolar-cell-efficiency-mb0244\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JinkoSolar Breaks Solar Cell Efficiency Record (Again)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"JinkoSolar has announced the conversion efficiency for P-type mc-Si PERC cells has exceeded the 22% mark for the first time.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jinkosolar-cell-efficiency-mb0244\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-09T20:17:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jinko-solar-panels.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"636\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"373\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jinkosolar-cell-efficiency-mb0244\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jinkosolar-cell-efficiency-mb0244\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"JinkoSolar Breaks Solar Cell Efficiency Record (Again)\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-09T20:17:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jinkosolar-cell-efficiency-mb0244\/\"},\"wordCount\":380,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jinkosolar-cell-efficiency-mb0244\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/jinko-solar-panels.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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A bifacial solar panel is a module that captures light hitting both front and back. 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