Earlier this year Hanwha Q Cells, the world’s largest maker of PV cells, announced a “strategic partnership” with 1366 Technologies, having previously invested in the Massachusetts-based start-up.
1366’s technology is based on making wafers individually by pouring molten silicon into wafer-shaped moulds. In contrast, the traditional wafering process sees silicon ingots formed and then sliced into wafers, resulting in wasted silicon dust, known as kerf.
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