Interdigitated back contact solar cells ibc.
Contact strips on solar panels.
Efficiency is higher because of the way that they re designed.
These metallic contacts are called busbars and have a significant purpose.
They conduct the direct current generated by the solar photovoltaic cell.
Every electrical contact is at the rear of the cell preventing the metal contact strips at the front barring light from getting to the cell surface.
The cost would have been a prohibitive 12 000 so she signed a deal to lease part of her roof to a solar power.
About product and suppliers.
J ulie griffiths wanted to reduce her carbon footprint by installing solar panels.
These solar cells are a different take on a standard module.
Interdigitated back contact solar cells ibc or rear contact solar cells are a variant of standard solar cells.
The top countries of suppliers are china taiwan china and india from which the percentage of solar panel strips supply is 99 1 and 1 respectively.