Under CopyrightClement, FlorianFlorianClementMeßmer, MariusMariusMeßmerHöffler, HannesHannesHöfflerOurinson, DanielDanielOurinsonGoraya, Baljeet SinghBaljeet SinghGorayaEmanuel, GernotGernotEmanuelMeyer, FabianFabianMeyerLorenz, AndreasAndreasLorenzBartsch, JonasJonasBartschDemant, MatthiasMatthiasDemantNold, SebastianSebastianNoldWolf, AndreasAndreasWolfZimmer, MartinMartinZimmerPreu, RalfRalfPreuRamspeck, KlausKlausRamspeckHemsendorf, MarcMarcHemsendorfStraub, BenediktBenediktStraubEbert , ChristanChristanEbertDrews, MatthiasMatthiasDrewsJoos, WolfgangWolfgangJoosSchmid, ElinaElinaSchmidSchönfelder, StephanStephanSchönfelderKoepge, RingoRingoKoepge2023-03-292023-03-292022Note-ID: 0000971Ahttps://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/439289https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-114010.24406/publica-1140Within the NextTec project, a German consortium of equipment and metrology manufacturers as well as R&D institutes successfully developed the next generation of high-throughput processes and equipment for gigawatt-scale Si solar cell production. The project goal was the development of technical concepts (proof of concept) for the realization of an increase in throughput by a factor of 2 to 3 compared to currently used industrial production technology, ideally with an equivalent equipment footprint and only moderately increased equipment costs. Consequently, system throughputs of up 15,000-20,000 wafers per hour are addressed. Based on these values, a production capacity of approximately 1 GW per system and year can be achieved.enmanufacturing and processingsilicon solar cellpresentation