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Quality Assurance for Photovoltaics
ZEISS Power & Energy Solutions
![Quality Control for cost reduction and longevity Quality Control for cost reduction and longevity]({"xsmall":"https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/iqs/r/industries/power-and-energy/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/original.image_file.100.56.0,0,1920,1080.file/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg","small":"https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/iqs/r/industries/power-and-energy/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/original.image_file.360.203.0,0,1920,1080.file/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg","medium":"https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/iqs/r/industries/power-and-energy/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/original.image_file.768.432.0,0,1920,1080.file/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg","large":"https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/iqs/r/industries/power-and-energy/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/original.image_file.1024.576.0,0,1920,1080.file/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg","xlarge":"https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/iqs/r/industries/power-and-energy/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/original.image_file.1280.720.0,0,1920,1080.file/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg","xxlarge":"https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/iqs/r/industries/power-and-energy/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/original.image_file.1440.810.0,0,1920,1080.file/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg","max":"https://www.zeiss.com/content/dam/iqs/r/industries/power-and-energy/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/original.image_file.1920.1080.0,0,1920,1080.file/zeiss_overview_power_energy_mediastack_1920_1080_photovoltaik.jpg"})
Quality control for cost reduction and longevity
Photovoltaic energy is an essential component of the renewable energy. Solar cells are a key part of solar panels with a highly complex production process. It involves a multitude of steps, including flocking, diffusion, interfacial passivation, etching, screen printing, and others. Each of these production steps is critical to ensuring the solar cells work efficiently and are produced at low cost.
Discover how the ZEISS portfolio supports you in achieving effective quality control and thus increasing customer satisfaction.
Quality assurance for photovoltaics
Quality solutions ensure high conversion of electric energy for photovoltaics
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Solar cell
The production process of solar cells is very complex. Manufacturers must ensure the uniformity of ion diffusion on the silicon wafer, the uniformity of passivation layer thickness, etc. during the entire production cycle. The durability of solar cells is a very important issue. Industrial microscope solutions, with its advanced optoelectronic technology, can play a unique advantage in the production of solar cell applications, such as coating granularity, coating thickness, porosity analysis, material failure analysis, and more.
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Casings for inverters and junction boxes
Casings of the inverter and junction box are important to protect the electronical components under harsh weather conditions at any time. Therefore, the dimensional requirements are essential for sealing of the casing and to provide flexibility on dealing with temperature changes. CMMs and optical solutions ensure the quality. Furthermore, optical testing is able to provide additional information on the behavior along the stress test.
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Electronic components and connectors
Electronics and their components are essential for processing the electricity generated and feeding it into the grid. They connect the individual strings up to the inverter and transformer and are responsible for the direction of the current. To ensure that the components perform reliably under temperature fluctuations and high operational loads, they are subject to continuous quality assurance.
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Tooling for wafer and profile production
Wafer manufacturing requires the highest accuracy in tooling and technology for cutting multiple slices simultaneously. Precision in the cutting process is mandatory to guarantee an efficient process, defect free parts and speed up production. Speed is also key in the production of aluminum string profiles, and therefore the tools must be precise and robust.
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Solar tracking system
In addition to the static installation of the panels, there is also an active tracking system that follows the sun and adjusts the angle and position of the solar panel. This increases the overall output of the solar park by ensuring the ideal position of the panel throughout the day. See how ZEISS supports the tracking system by providing the right measuring solution to ensure the quality of the gear and other components.