IMEC crystalline silicon technology is still developing in the solar cell highlight of this one, but also in trying to adopt IMEC silicon thin film, composite materials and a group of materials for solar cell technology. "Crystalline silicon solar cells in the solar cell market share of 90% of the share, and over the next 10 years will continue to maintain this ratio, the" European Institute of Electronics R & D Section Head JefPoortmans expressed PV projects. 

   Poortmans said that, IMEC's ​​solar cell development program is the introduction of efficiency greater than 20% and the materials used weighs only one gram of silicon solar cells. European project in 2020 to make solar power generation capacity of 400G Watt, 12% of its total electricity supply. Such R & D projects will help Europe achieve this energy goals. 

   "The sun's daily production of 165,000 too watt solar controller (TeraWatt), as long as we get from the small part of the energy to solve the energy crisis on towards a major step forward", IMCE COO LucVandenhove representation. "We are now facing the biggest technical challenge is how to reduce the cost of solar cell power and efficiency." 

   IMEC's ​​JefPoortmans believe that in the next 10 years, the crystalline silicon solar cell technology will become mainstream technology research and development. Poortmans that the use of other membrane materials (such as cadmium telluride) of solar panels cost than crystalline silicon-based solar panels will be more limited. 

   Poortmans said, "I personally convinced that in the next five years, cadmium telluride technology (R & D in the field of solar cells) have a place, but once we have to offer each year tens of G watts of energy, so they use a substrate (such as tellurium ) the supply will be limited. " 

   "With the technology companies, such as FirstSolar will find new mines got them going." FirstSolar emerging from a film company has grown into the top ten solar panel manufacturer. IMEC plans to launch in 2020 of only 40 microns thick crystalline silicon solar cells and the thickness of only five micron silicon thin film solar cells. The cost of these batteries is expected to decline 2.5 times per peak watt (peakWatt) to be less than one euro.