Inganta ingancin tsarin aiki da faɗaɗa ƙarfin masana'antu suna taka rawa wajen rage farashin kayan aikin hasken rana na ƙarfe chalcogenide/silicon. Masu bincike na Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL) sun nuna cewa: kowane amfani da farashi zai iya taka rawa iri ɗaya, ya danganta da ikon masana'anta na faɗaɗawa da inganta aikin tsarin.
Yawancin na'urorin photovoltaic (PV) da aka ƙera a yau an gina su ne akan ƙwayoyin hasken rana na silicon guda ɗaya, kuma ta hanyar haɗa silicon da wani abu na tantanin hasken rana (kamar halide na ƙarfe) don samar da tarin chalcogenides (MHPs), masana'antun za su iya ƙirƙirar na'urorin hasken rana. Wannan zai iya canza hasken rana zuwa wutar lantarki fiye da silicon kaɗai. Wannan fasahar tara bayanai har yanzu tana cikin matakan farko, kuma akwai zaɓuɓɓuka iri-iri da ake nema don haɗa MHPs, tare da abubuwan da ba a sani ba da yawa dangane da farashi da aiki. Don magance wannan gibin, masu binciken sun gina samfurin farashin masana'antu wanda zai yi amfani da na'urori da hanyoyin dakin gwaje-gwaje na samar da kayayyaki don kwatanta hanyoyi daban-daban da za a iya bi a sikelin.
Masu binciken sun duba hanyoyi daban-daban na gina kayayyaki masu tarin yawa kuma sun kwatanta yadda farashin masana'antu ke shafar kayan da aka yi amfani da su don ƙera su, adadin layukan na'urori, farashin samar da na'urorin, wurin da masana'antar take, da sauran abubuwa. Sun gano cewa abubuwan da suka fi tasiri ga farashin masana'antu sune yawan kayan da masana'antu ke samarwa da kuma ingancin sassan.
"Ɗaya daga cikin tambayoyin da wannan takarda ta amsa ita ce: menene darajar wannan ingancin?" Jacob Cordell, babban marubucin takardar "Technoeconomic analysis of perovskite/silicon tandem solar modules," wanda aka buga a mujallar Joule, ya ce. "Abin da ya kamata a yi la'akari da shi shi ne cewa kashi 2.5% na cikakken inganci a cikin kayan aikin yana ba da irin wannan raguwar farashi a kowace naúrar ƙarfin aiki kamar ninka girman injin."
Ta amfani da Tsarin Binciken Kuɗi Mai Cikakke (DCAM) da ake da shi a yanzu, masu bincike sun sami damar gwada yanayi daban-daban, ciki har da gano masana'antu a sassa daban-daban na duniya da nau'ikan ƙarfafa masana'antu daban-daban. Ta hanyar amfani da samfurin, kamfanoni da masu bincike za su iya amfani da wannan tushe don bincika yadda hanyoyi daban-daban da kayan aiki ke shafar farashi. Tsarin bai magance yawan amfani da makamashi ko tsawon rayuwar waɗannan na'urori ba, waɗanda fannoni ne masu aiki na bincike.
Farawa da samfurin farko na na'urorin ƙera kayayyaki a inganci na kashi 25 cikin ɗari, tare da ƙarfin samar da wutar lantarki na gigawatts 3 a kowace shekara a Amurka, masu binciken sun kwatanta inganci da yawan amfanin masana'antu don tantance yadda farashin na'urorin ya bambanta yayin da adadin wutar lantarki da aka samar ke ƙaruwa. "Wannan yana nuna ƙarfin bincike wajen inganta ingancin na'urori da rage farashin kowace watt na na'urori," in ji Cordell.
Labarin mujallar, wanda Michael Woodhouse da Emily Warren suka rubuta, ya lura cewa ingancin module wani canji ne mai canzawa wajen hasashen farashin modules masu tarin yawa saboda wasu masu canjin sun canza kuma za su ci gaba da canzawa domin su sami damar cimma matakan inganci da dorewa da ake buƙata don PV mai dorewa a kasuwanci. Dole ne modules masu tarin yawa su kasance aƙalla 25% masu inganci don su kasance masu gasa a farashi kuma a yi amfani da su tare da sauran fasahar hasken rana. Mataki na gaba a cikin tallan kayayyaki masu tarin chalcogenide/silicon shine inganta amincin fasahar da kuma faɗaɗa yankin na'urori masu inganci zuwa cikakken girman module yayin da ake ci gaba da aiki.
