德國Centrotherm SiTec公司，一個由德國Centrotherm  AG集團完全控股的子公司，通過改善多晶硅硅錠熔爐中的晶體化程序使得該公司的電池和組件效率達到了一個新的記錄。平均的電池效率達到16.6%，而最高效率可以達到17%。這些測試結果是在試生產中常規生產狀態測試得到的結果。
與此同時，市場上其他類似競爭者的同類多晶硅材料光伏電池效率多為16.3-16.4%之間。通過這種新的技術改進，centrotherm公司成本比原來的程序降低了8%。當這種電池制成組件后，該公司組件功率為236Wp，而同等產品的其他競爭對手相應的組件功率一般都為210-220Wp。

23.08.2010: centrotherm SiTec GmbH, a 100 percent subsidiary of centrotherm photovoltaics AG, has achieved a new cell efficiency record through an improved process in its crystallization furnace to produce multi-crystalline ingots. Average efficiencies of 16.6 percent, and a peak result of up to 17.0 percent, were achieved under regular production conditions on a pilot line. The standard market levels usually achieved are between 16.2 and 16.4 percent on multi-crystalline material. centrotherm
SiTec also cut manufacturing costs by eight percent with the new crystallization process compared with the previous process sequence. At the module level, values of around 236 Watt peak (Wp) per module were recorded ? which usually stand at market levels from 210 to 220 Wp. …
Source: centrotherm photovoltaics AG