Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that its strategic partner Solar Junction Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes III-V multi-junction solar cells for concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) based on ...
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Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Germany (the largest solar energy research institute in Europe) has joined forces with EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography ...
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Scientists from the Niels Bohr Institut in Denmark and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have shown that a single core–shell p–i–n junction gallium arsenide (GaAs) nanowire ...
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Boeing Company says that its subsidiary Spectrolab Inc of Sylmar, CA, USA recently set a record of 37.8% for energy conversion efficiency in a ground-based solar cell without solar concentration (i.e. without the common practice of using ...
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Alta Devices has disclosed that it has reached 30.8% solar cell efficiency. This new NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) verified record has resulted from the company's first implementation of a new generation "dual junction" solar ...
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Alta Devices of Sunnyvale, CA, USA says that the first implementation of its new-generation dual-junction solar cell technology (augmenting its single-junction technology) has set an energy conversion efficiency record of 30.8% for ...
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According to the exclusive representation contract, the market expansion services provider will introduce Singulus’ solar cell technology to Korea’s PV market. Korea’s manufacturing goals are targeted towards equipment ...
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Flisom AG of Duebendorf, Zurich, which was spun off from the Laboratory of Solid State Physics of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) in 2005 to develop technologies for industrial roll-to-roll manufacturing of ...
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In collaboration with Imperial College London in the UK and MicroLink Devices Inc of Niles, IL, USA, researchers in the US Naval Research Laboratory’s Electronics Technology and Science have proposed a novel triple-junction solar ...
Intermolecular (IMI) and First Solar announced they have entered into a two-year collaboration and licensing agreement focused on further increases to the conversion efficiency of First Solar's cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell ...
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Intermolecular Inc of San Jose,CA,USA and First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA have entered into a two-year collaboration and licensing agreement focused on further increases to the conversion efficiency of First Solar's cadmium ...
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China Sunergy Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of solar cells and modules, today announced that the company has set up a new manufacturing facility in Istanbul, Turkey with local partner Seul Energy Investment Corp., a solar system provider, solar ...
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Emcore Corp of Albuquerque,NM,USA,which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets,has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by aerospace,defense and commercial ...
The latest rumors regarding a possible merger between Taiwan-based solar cell makers Motech and Neo Solar Power (NSP) have been denied by both firms. In addition, rumors regarding Gintech meeting up with TSMC to discuss possible cooperation ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath,Germany has announced a repeat order from AZUR SPACE Solar Power GmbH of Heilbronn,Germany for two more metal-organic chemical vapor deposition(MOCVD)systems,to be dedicated to growing ...
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