China Photovoltaic Committee Liaison Report

Updated November, 2013

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Leadership

• Co-chair – Guangchun Zhang (Canadiansolar)

• Co-chair – Jun Liu (China Electronics Standardization

Institute)

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China Photovoltaic Committee C: Guangchun Zhang – Canadian Solar

C: Jun Liu – CESI

Crystalline Silicon PV Module TF Wei Zhou – Trina Solar Cheng Zhu– Suntech

Qiang Huang – Trina Solar Binglin Lu– CPRTC

PV Silicon Wafer TF Yuepeng Wan – LDK

Xiaoyong Wang – JA Solar Jingang Lu – Suntech

Note: CPRTC – China Packaging Research ＆Test Center

PV Metal Paste for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells TF Rulong Chen – Suntech

Weiming Zhang – Heraeus Mao Wang – Dupont Shan Xu – Rutech

Polysilicon Packaging Materials TF Jinbiao Lv – GCL

Xiaoxia Liu – GCL Binglin Lu– CPRTC

PV Diffusion Furnace Test Methods TF Liangyu Liu – CETC-48th Xianwu Cai – CETC-48th

Anti-reflective Coated Glass TF Bing Yin– Suntech

Xiaogang Zhu– CPVT

PV Silicon Raw Materials TF Dazhou Yan– SINOSICO

Li He– CPVT Xiaoxia Liu– GCL

Dongxu Chu– SINOSICO

Silicon Thin Film PV Module TF Yaohua Mai– Baoding Tianwei Solarfilms

Xinwei Niu– Chint Solar Zhenyu Wu -- Hanergy

PV Power Station Equipment Integrated Performance TF

Xiexiang Wu– GD Solar Jie Miao– GD Solar

Crystalline Silicon PV Back Contact Technology Task Force

Ton Schless – SIBCO Fengming Zhang –Sunport

Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Task Force Dengyuan Song -- Yingli

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Meeting Information

• Last meeting – China Winter Standards Meeting 2013

• Wuxi, China • Wednesday, October 23, 2013

• Next meeting – China Spring Standards Meeting 2014

• Shanghai, China • Thursday, March 20th, 2014

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Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Task Force (new!)

• Charter: Develop standards for specifications, guidelines and test methods related to crystalline silicon solar cell.

• Drafting – Doc. 5659: New Standard: Test Method for C-Si Solar

Cell Color (new SNARF)

PV Silicon Wafer TF • Charter: Identify standardization needs and priorities for

specifications, guidelines and procedures related to silicon wafer used for manufacturing PV cells. Develop standards for measuring electrical, physical and optical properties of silicon wafer used for manufacturing PV cells.

• Drafting: – Doc. 5382A, Specification for Quasi-monocrystalline Silicon Wafers

used in Photovoltaic Solar Cells • Ballot failed at Oct. 23th TC meeting, Doc. 5382B get authorized

for reballot in Cycle 1-2014

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Crystalline Silicon PV Module TF

• Charter: To develop technical standard specifications and guidelines related to crystalline silicon PV modules.

• Published – SEMI PV44-0513, Specification for Package Protection Technology for PV

Modules

– SEMI PV45-0513, Test Method for the Content of Vinyl Acetate (VA) in Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Applied in PV Modules Using Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)

• Drafting – Doc. 5563, Specification for Framing Tape for PV Modules, for ballot in Cycle

8-2013

– Doc. 5661, Test Method for Electrical Parameters Testing of Bifacial Solar Module (new SNARF)

– Doc. 5660, Specification for Ultra-thin Glasses Used for Photovoltaic Modules(new SNARF)

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Metal Paste for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells TF • Charter: Identify standardization needs and priorities

and develop specifications, guides and test methods for metal pastes used in the manufacturing of crystalline silicon solar cells.

• Drafting – Doc. 5426, Specification for Aluminum Paste, Used in Back

Surface Field of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, for ballot in Cycle 8-2013

– Doc. 5427, Specification for Front Surface Silver Paste, Used in P-Type Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells , for ballot in Cycle 8-2013

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Polysilicon Packaging Materials TF

• Charter: Based on the input and feedback of polysilicon manufacturers, develop standards for materials used for packaging polysilicon.

• Drafting – Doc. 5428A, Specification for Impurities in Polyethylene

Packaging Materials for Polysilicon Feedstock • Ballot approved at Oct. 23th TC meeting

• In A&R procedural review

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PV Diffusion Furnace Test Methods TF

• Charter: Identify standardization needs and priorities and develop test methods related to diffusion furnaces to help evaluate the performance of heater tubes.

• Drafting – Doc. 5429: Test Method for In-line Monitoring of Flat

Temperature Zone in Horizontal Diffusion Furnaces • For ballot in Cycle 8-2013

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PV Silicon Raw Materials TF

• Charter: Identify standardization needs and priorities for specifications, guides and test methods related to silicon raw materials used for manufacturing solar-grade polysilicon.

• Drafting: – Doc. 5476A, Test Method for Determination of Total Carbon Content in

Silicon Powder by Infrared Absorption after Combustion in an Induction Furnace, for reballot in Cycle 8-2013

– Doc. 5477A, Test Method for Determining B, P, Fe, Al, Ca Contents in Silicon Powder for PV Applications by Inductively-Coupled-Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry, for reballot in Cycle 8-2013

– Doc. 5564A: Test Method for the Measurement of Chlorine in Silicon by Ion Chromatography, for reballot in Cycle 8-2013

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Silicon Thin Film PV Module TF

• Charter: To develop new standardized test methods, technical specifications and guides for thin film silicon PV modules.

• Drafting: – Doc. 5478, New Standard: Test method for Thin-film

Silicon PV modules Light Soaking

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Anti-reflective Coated Glass TF

• Charter: Identify standardization needs and priorities and develop specifications, guides and test methods for Anti-reflective coated glass used in the manufacturing of crystalline silicon solar modules.

• Published – SEMI PV47-0513, Specification for Anti-Reflective Coated

Glass, Used in Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Modules – Inactivity now

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PV Power Station Equipment Integrated Performance Task Force • Charter: Develop specifications for equipment and

components to be used in PV power stations. • Drafting

– Doc. 5648: New Standard: Test Method for the Integrated Efficiency of Installed PV Components

– Request for expand the global PV committee scope to cover the PV downstream area, especially for PV power station standards

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Crystalline Silicon PV Back Contact Technology Task Force

• Charter: This TF will aggressively define standards for this new segment of the PV industry such that the mistakes of a still immature industry can be avoided early on in the adoption and application of these technologies.

• Drafting – Doc. 5644: New Standard: Terminology for Back Contact

PV Cell and Module