AIKO 490W Neostar 3S N-Type Mono-Glass ABC 54 Cell All Black MC4-EVO2A Gen 3 Solar Panel

The AIKO Neostar 3S 490 W is an N-Type ABC (All Back Contact) solar panel. AIKO's All-Back-Contact cell design moves every busbar to the rear of the cell, leaving the entire front face free to collect light. It delivers 24.5 % module efficiency from a 1,762 × 1,134 mm frame.

About the AIKO Neostar 3S range

Neostar is AIKO's residential and light-commercial range, built around the same ABC cell in a smaller format with a black frame, so it suits domestic roofs where appearance matters as much as yield.

At 1,762 × 1,134 mm it is a residential-format module, sized to fit the rafter spans and roof planes of a standard UK house. The black frame and dark cells keep the array visually quiet on a front-facing roof.

Why installers specify this panel

• −0.26 %/°C power temperature coefficient — the array keeps more of its rated output on hot days, when a UK roof can sit far above the 25 °C the nameplate figure is measured at.
• Cell-level shade optimisation — the ABC cell structure recovers output around chimneys, vents and pole shadows without adding a separate optimiser to every module.
• Hail tested to 25 mm at 23 m/s — relevant for exposed and upland UK sites.
• All-black appearance — a black anodised frame and dark cells, for domestic roofs where the array has to be discreet.
• Long-dated warranty — 15-year product warranty and 30-year linear performance warranty; first-year degradation ≤1 %, ≤0.35 % per year from year 2 to 30.
• 0 to +3 % power tolerance — every module is sorted to meet or beat its 490 W nameplate rating.

Electrical characteristics (STC)

STC: AM1.5, 1,000 W/m², 25 °C cell temperature.

Mechanical specification

Temperature and load ratings

Warranty and certification

15-year product warranty and 30-year linear performance warranty; first-year degradation ≤1 %, ≤0.35 % per year from year 2 to 30.

Array sizing

Each panel covers 2.00 m². A 4 kWp array needs 8 of them (3.92 kWp over about 16 m²). A 6 kWp array needs 12 of them (5.88 kWp over about 24 m²). Each module weighs 20.6 kg.

About AIKO

AIKO Solar builds every module in its range on ABC (All Back Contact) cells, a structure it developed to move the cell's contacts out of the light path entirely. The design has taken an Intersolar Award and a Red Dot design award, and it is what puts AIKO modules at the top of the mainstream efficiency tables.

Datasheets, installation manuals and warranty documents for the AIKO Neostar 3S are in the Documents tab below. Buying for a project? Contact our sales team at sales@clearraysolar.com for pallet pricing.