Silicon Module Super League Explained

Silicon Module Super League
Abbreviation:SMSL
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The Silicon Module Super League (SMSL) later the Solar Module Super League is a group of major crystalline silicon (c-Si) module suppliers in the solar PV industry. The 'big six' industry group members were Canadian Solar, Hanwha Q CELLS, JA Solar, Jinko Solar, and Trina Solar. LONGi[1] the world's largest solar monocrystalline silicon manufacturer and GCL,[2] the world's largest solar poly crystalline silicon manufacturer, both joined the SMSL in mid-2016.[3] As of February 2019, PVTech added First Solar and Risen Energy to the list of SMSL manufacturers.[4]

The achievement scale of this solar module industry breakaway group is notable. These seven module suppliers have been forecast to ship about half of the world's end-market supply during 2017.

Chinese solar engineers at Trina Solar hold the record for a 22.61% PV efficiency in mono-PERC-cells with Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) technology developed at its State Key Laboratory of PV Science and Technology of China [5] That one-third efficiency improvement was achieved in four years of PV research in China.[6]

SMSL group members have held the PV efficiency record for some time. Trina Solar in 2015 had set the previous record of 22.13%. Again, in July 2016, Trina Solar claimed that its production lines were able to produce the same kind of PERC cells in large volume with an average efficiency of 21.12%. This new, later higher cell efficiency which surpasses Trina Solar's record, has been independently confirmed by the Fraunhofer ISE CalLab in Germany. Trina Solar achieves 24.13% conversion efficiency for IBC solar cell.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: LONGi is the fastest growing PV manufacturer in the industry. April 2017.
  2. Web site: GCL joins the exclusive Silicon Module Super League for 2016. 13 April 2016.
  3. Web site: Colville . Finlay . 2016-07-11 . Longi Silicon Materials becomes latest member of Silicon Module Super League . 2024-06-06 . PV Tech . en-US.
  4. News: Colville . Finlay . First Solar and Risen Energy included in new SMSL for 2019 ]. 7 February 2022 . PV Tech . 1 February 2019.
  5. http://www.pv-tech.org/news/trina-sets-new-mono-perc-cell-efficiency-record-of-22.61 Kenning, T. Trina sets new mono PERC cell efficiency record of 22.61%. PV Tech. Dec 19, 2016 1:16 PM GMT
  6. 22.61% (December 2016 record)/17% (December 2012 record) = 1.33 (a one-third improvement)
  7. https://www.pv-tech.org/news/trina-solar-achieves-24.13-conversion-efficiency-for-ibc-solar-cell PV Tech. Mark Osborne May 05, 2017 12:30 PM BST