Registration is now open for the 39th Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), a technical gathering for PV scientists, engineers and stakeholders. The 2013 event will take place ...
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In a statement issued to the London Stock Exchange (LSE), epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has a potential “significant acquisition”. This follows UK newspaper The Times reporting that, to ...
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Seoul National University and Ritsumeikan University in Korea have developed a new technique for growing higher-quality gallium nitride (GaN) layers at temperatures as low as 500°C [In-Su Shin et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol5, p125503, ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says it has achieved several key technology transfer milestones representing significant progress in its commercial relationship with Solar Junction of San Jose, CA, USA, ...
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Amonix Inc of Seal Beach, CA, USA, which makes utility-scale concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems using III-V multi-junction solar cells, says that its systems can now convert more than one third of direct sunlight into electricity. In ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes components,subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by Orbital Sciences Corp for the spacecraft it is making for ...
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Tensoft Inc of San Jose,CA,USA,an end-to-end ERP(enterprise resource planning)and supply chain solution provider for the technology industry,has signed a SaaS(software-as-a-service)agreement with San Jose-based Solar Junction to use ...
IQE expects revenue growth in second-half 2012 following Q2 recovery According to an interim trading update for first-half 2012, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK expects to report first-half revenue of ...
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes components,subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,recently achieved its 100th successful satellite launch and deployment with primary power supplied by its solar ...
Emcore PV cells rack up 100th satellite deployment 12 Jul 2012 High-end solar cell maker says another 120 Emcore-powered satellites are already under contract. Satellite power The one-hundredth satellite to generate its primary power ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff,Wales,UK has announced its first major orders for concentrating photovoltaic(CPV)wafers from Solar Junction Corp(SJC)of San Jose,CA,USA,which manufactures III-V multi-junction solar ...
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20 June 2012 Cubic silicon carbide grown with quality similar to hexagonal SiC Cubic silicon carbide(3C-SiC)is considered to be very suitable for making highly efficient solar cells but the material quality has been poor compared with the ...
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Soitec of Bernin,France,which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator(SOI)wafers(as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division),has completed construction and grid connection for the largest ...
4 June 2012 Sharp develops concentrator solar cell with efficiency of 43.5% Japan's Sharp Corp has used a concentrator triple-junction III-V compound semiconductor photovoltaic cell to achieve a solar energy conversion efficiency of ...
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Solar Junction of San Jose,CA,USA,a manufacturer of III-V multi-junction solar cells based on proprietary adjustable-spectrum lattice-matched(A-SLAM)materials for concentrated photovoltaics(CPV),has announced an agreement with CPV system ...
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