TSMC Solar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, announced its commercial size modules measuring 1.09 square meters have achieved 15.1 percent module total area efficiency.As confirmed by TUV SUD and UL, 15.1 percent is world’s new efficiency record for monolithic thin-film module efficiency. The modules were produced using the current manufacturing equipment and materials at the company’s manufacturing facility in Taichung, Taiwan.
“In just one year, our process technology has made great progress. Our champion modules now have comparable module efficiency to mainstream multi-crystalline silicon modules, demonstrating TSMC Solar’s ability to realize the high-efficiency potential of our CIGS technology. Our technology’s superior competitiveness comes from its high efficiency, excellent high temperature performance and intrinsic cost structure advantages,” said Ying-Chen Chao, president of TSMC Solar.
“Customers appreciate our ability to continuously improve module efficiency. In addition, TS CIGS Series modules deliver up to 5 percent additional energy yield over crystalline silicon in high temperature regions,” said Stephen McKenery, TSMC Solar Worldwide sales head.