Apparatus for separating wafers

The invention relates to a device for separating of wafers for the production of solar cells from a wafer stack of stationary and abutting wafers, which is located in a liquid container on a carrier device which is equipped with a feed device for the wafer stack. The invention provides a particularly easy to implement device is to be created, in which the separating operation is performed completely without contact. Achieved by the on the carrier means (3) wafer stack located on a support surface (3 ') (1) by the feed device (5) is that, that the carrier device (3) against the bottom of the liquid container (4) is positioned diagonally behind the wafer stack (1) for generating a continuous or stepwise advance of the wafer stack (1), is supported that, before the wafer stack (1) a Abgleitkante (6) followed by a slideway (7) is arranged and that directed fluid flow generating nozzles (10) are provided radially opposite the foremost wafer (8), and the spaces between some of the wafers subsequently following generate directional fluid flows.