A method for processing a solar cell, comprising: holding the solar cell by a plurality of holding members of a cleaving system, the plurality of holding members including a first holding member (510, 910) and a second holding member (520, 920), the first holding member being rotatable about a first rotation axis; performing at least a first rotation movement of the first holding member about the first rotation axis to separate the solar cell into a plurality of solar cell pieces including a first solar cell piece and a second solar cell piece; performing at least a second rotation movement of the first holding member in a sense opposite to the first rotation movement to arrange the first solar cell piece in a target position; and depositing one or more first features on the first solar cell piece and one or more second features on the second solar cell piece while the first solar cell piece and the second solar cell piece are disposed in a same deposition area, characterized in that: the first rotation axis and the solar cell held by the plurality of holding members are disposed in a substantially same plane, wherein a first distance between the first rotation axis and the solar cell held by the plurality of holding members is from 0 to 2 mm, the first distance being a distance in a direction perpendicular to the solar cell, and in that the method further comprises: performing an alignment movement of the first holding member holding the first solar cell piece to align the first solar cell piece, wherein the first solar cell piece is aligned with respect to an adjacent solar cell piece held by an adjacent holding member and/or with respect to one or more alignment marks, wherein the alignment movement is performed after the second rotation movement, wherein the first holding member is movable by one or more alignment actuators to perform the alignment movement to align the first solar cell piece, wherein the alignment movement of the first holding member is performed under the control of a controller connected to the cleaving system; and jointly transporting the solar cell pieces of the solar cell from the cleaving system to the deposition area by a gripper adapted for gripping and moving multiple solar cell pieces together. holding the solar cell by a plurality of holding members of a cleaving system, the plurality of holding members including a first holding member (510, 910) and a second holding member (520, 920), the first holding member being rotatable about a first rotation axis; performing at least a first rotation movement of the first holding member about the first rotation axis to separate the solar cell into a plurality of solar cell pieces including a first solar cell piece and a second solar cell piece; performing at least a second rotation movement of the first holding member in a sense opposite to the first rotation movement to arrange the first solar cell piece in a target position; and depositing one or more first features on the first solar cell piece and one or more second features on the second solar cell piece while the first solar cell piece and the second solar cell piece are disposed in a same deposition area, performing an alignment movement of the first holding member holding the first solar cell piece to align the first solar cell piece, wherein the first solar cell piece is aligned with respect to an adjacent solar cell piece held by an adjacent holding member and/or with respect to one or more alignment marks, wherein the alignment movement is performed after the second rotation movement, wherein the first holding member is movable by one or more alignment actuators to perform the alignment movement to align the first solar cell piece, wherein the alignment movement of the first holding member is performed under the control of a controller connected to the cleaving system; and jointly transporting the solar cell pieces of the solar cell from the cleaving system to the deposition area by a gripper adapted for gripping and moving multiple solar cell pieces together.