The solar cell type, design and configuration all have an impact on panel efficiency. Panels built using advanced ‘Interdigitated back contact’ or IBC cells are the most efficient, followed by heterojunction (HJT) cells, TOPcon cells, half-cut and multi-busbar monocrystalline PERC cells, shingled cells and finally 60-cell (4-5 busbar) mono cells. 60-cell poly or multicrystalline panels are generally the least efficient and equally the lowest cost panels.