Q-SUN Solar vs AKCOME - solar panel manufacturer comparison
Q-SUN Solar has the broader catalog (111 vs 3 models). Q-SUN Solar leads on peak efficiency at 23.70%. AKCOME leans bifacial (100% of lineup).
Both catalogues are read from the manufacturers' own datasheets. A brand is not scored against the market here, only against the other brand on this page.
The two companies
Qn-SOLAR officially launched its global PV business in 2022. The company is headquartered in Shanghai, China, and has four manufacturing bases in China. As a professional and integrated company, Qn-SOLAR operates in various fields of PV upstream and downstream, achieving an annual production capacity of 20GW PV cells...
- Founded
- 2014
- Headquarters
- China
Catalogue against catalogue
An average over a catalogue describes the range a manufacturer publishes, not the module you would buy. A brand with two flagship panels and eighty older ones averages worse than one that has retired its back catalogue.
What each of them builds
Q-SUN Solar skews to higher efficiency: 11% of lineup is 23%+
AKCOME offers more 600W+ panels (100% of lineup)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>N-type</strong> (42%)
Dominant cell tech: <strong>HJT</strong> (100%)
The flagships
Written summary
AKCOME (Jiangsu Akcome Science and Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese manufacturer founded in 2006 and publicly listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2010. The company built a reputation as a specialist in heterojunction (HJT) cell technology and achieved BloombergNEF Tier 1 bankability status as of Q3 2023. However, AKCOME's institutional standing has since deteriorated sharply: the company has reported net losses every year since 2019, halted production at several subsidiaries in mid-2024, and saw its Zhejiang subsidiary forced into court-ordered bankruptcy reorganization in July 2024 after creditors declared it insolvent. Q-SUN Solar (Q-SUN Anhui Co., Ltd.) is a younger Chinese manufacturer founded in 2014 and headquartered in Chuzhou City, Anhui province, with an international marketing center in Nanjing and production facilities extending to Oman and Bulgaria. The company claims to deliver over 8 GW of photovoltaic modules annually across more than 50 countries, though no independent BNEF Tier 1 confirmation was found in available sources. On institutional footprint, Q-SUN appears considerably more stable.
AKCOME's product catalog centers entirely on HJT bifacial double-glass modules, with its flagship iPower 7.0 line reaching up to 730 W and conversion efficiency above 23.5% in mass production - a technically ambitious proposition suited to utility-scale and high-density commercial rooftop applications. Q-SUN's Mercury Series relies on TOPCon technology with mass-production efficiency exceeding 22.5% and first-year degradation below 1 percent, covering a broad power range from 400 W to 720 W for residential, commercial, and utility use cases. Q-SUN's Onyx Series adds a full-black aesthetic option for premium residential rooftops.
For most buyers in 2025, Q-SUN Solar is the more prudent default choice. AKCOME's HJT technology is genuinely impressive on paper, but the company's ongoing financial distress raises serious concerns about warranty support, long-term supply continuity, and bankability for project finance - risks that outweigh any efficiency premium for typical buyers. Q-SUN's broader scale, geographic diversification, and apparent operational stability make it the lower-risk option, assuming buyers independently verify bankability before committing to a financed project.
Generated by Claude Sonnet · 2026-06-14
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Comparisons are computed from manufacturer datasheets held in the ComparePV database and may not reflect a brand's complete current lineup. Nothing on this page is paid placement.