Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resource Co., Ltd. Achieves Significant Solar Cell Efficiency, Yield and Cost Benefits Using Applied Materials' Baccini® Esatto Technology(TM) for Double Printing
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
* Using Esatto Technology results in a 0.2 percent cell efficiency gain and
0.46 percent increase in yield
* Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resource reports paste savings of approximately
15 percent from Esatto Technology's double printing, contributing to more
than 1 percent reduction in cost per watt
PARIS, September 30, 2013 -Applied Materials, Inc. announced today that Tianjin
Yingli New Energy Resource Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yingli Green Energy
Holding Company Ltd., the world's leading producer of crystalline silicon (c-Si)
solar cells and modules, is achieving significant efficiency, yield and cost
benefits using Applied's Baccini(®) Esatto Technology((TM)) Fine Line Double
Printing((TM)). This announcement was made during the 28(th) European Solar
Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) held this week in Paris, France. As
a result of upgrading the Esatto double printing capability to the Applied
Baccini Soft Line platform, Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resource reports
simultaneously achieving a greater than 0.2 percent cell efficiency gain, paste
savings of approximately 15 percent, a 15 percent increase in throughput, and a
0.46 percent yield increase, compared to the previous single print manufacturing
baseline.
"Enhancing our Applied Baccini Soft Lines with the latest Esatto double print
technology has delivered outstanding results, providing us with a good return on
investment," stated Xiuxiang Wang, General Manager at Tianjin Yingli New Energy
Resource Co., Ltd. "The upgrade process was straightforward and allowed us to
achieve a fast ramp to volume production. As a longtime collaborator with
Applied Materials, we have created high-value solar cells for the growing global
market, and we look forward to continuing our close relationship for future
developments."
Key to Applied's Esatto Technology is its advanced illumination and pattern
recognition system, which provides the critical accuracy and repeatability to
enable precise alignment between multiple screen-printed layers. Esatto
Technology is simple to implement on Baccini back-end solar cell processing
systems and comes with a proven best known method (BKM) that incorporates
proprietary hardware, software and process innovations, including screen
alignment, advanced process control and paste optimization for ultra-fine line
double printing. Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resource implemented the Esatto
Technology platform on its Baccini Soft Line systems with the latest double
print BKM to manufacture its advanced c-Si cell designs resulting in efficiency
and yield improvements.
"We are pleased to collaborate with Tianjin Yingli New Energy Resource to enable
their rapid adoption of advanced cell architectures into volume production,"
said Jim Mullin, vice president and general manager of Solar Products for
Applied Materials' Energy and Environmental Solutions Group. "Baccini's systems
solutions with Esatto Technology provide customers with high value upgrade
capability for multiple generations of Baccini lines to increase manufacturing
yield and produce higher efficiency cells at lower cost."
Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) is the global leader in providing
innovative equipment, services and software to enable the manufacture of
advanced semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic products. Our
technologies help make innovations like smartphones, flat screen TVs and solar
panels more affordable and accessible to consumers and businesses around the
world. Learn more at www.appliedmaterials.com.
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