Shin-Etsu to Begin Licensing of Its Solar Cell Manufacturing Technology
TOKYO — Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. has established a mass production process for 156 x 156mm advanced mono crystalline silicon solar cells that have a conversion efficiency of 21 percent. This level of conversion efficiency -- a measurement of how much of the sun's energy a solar cell can convert to usable electrical energy -- is the highest level in the industry achieved in the mass production process of 156 x 156mm practical-size solar cell products, a level that has already been confirmed outside of our company and has received a high evaluation.
Shin-Etsu Chemical possesses about 10 patents regarding this technology, and we have decided to license of the use of these patents and its mass production process technology.