The solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is set for rapid growth over the next five years, with up to 100GW annual deployment being targeted in 2018, according to Solarbuzz. This end-market growth is projected to increase annual PV module ...
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Australia’s manufacturing industry could be given a welcome boost if it takes advantage of some of the latest research here and overseas to create ultra thin and flexible electronic devices. Just last week, the University of ...
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has announced completion of the 1.3MWDC solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant at Kitakyushu-shi. Powered by First Solar’s FS Series 3 Black ...
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Three series of AVX multi-layer organic capacitors MLO featuring high self-resonance are now available from Avnet. The organic polymer based capacitors add cost benefits and tolerance control, due to the components fabrication on large area ...
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Embedding components within a PCB substrate offers a range of benefits in terms of space and performance. But this alternative approach to product design demands support from the entire supply chain, including EDA vendors. Continued ...
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A team of MIT researchers has used a novel material that's just a few atoms thick to create devices that can harness or emit light. This proof-of-concept could lead to ultrathin, lightweight, and flexible photovoltaic cells, light emitting ...
Tags: light emitting diodes, tungsten diselenide, new material
In booth #1531 at the Optical Fiber Communication conference & exposition/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC 2014) in San Francisco, CA (11-13 March), GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog ...
Tags: coherent optical link design, live demonstration, VCSEL driver
Related prosource ProSource Spring Meeting Set For May 13-15 prosource ProSource Finalized With New Board MartinLogan Paradigm, Anthem, MartinLogan Get New President/CEO prosource ProSource Adds Energy Squad Fort Worth, Texas — ...
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American Technical Ceramics Corp. (ATC), the leader in design and manufacture of high RF power ceramic capacitor assembly products, will be exhibiting a wide range of specialty thin film components at the OFC 2014 Conference in San ...
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CRAIC Technologies of San Dimas, CA, USA has introduced the FilmPro film thickness measurement software package, designed to plug in to the firm’s microspectrophotometers and their controlling Lambdafire software to allow measure ...
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Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes nanostructure-based CIGS (copper indium gallium sulphur-diselenide) thin-film photovoltaic panels, has produced a 23.2% efficiency thin-film cell based on its proprietary tandem junction ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA - which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services - has reported full-year net sales of $3.309bn for ...
Tags: photovoltaic modules, Electrical
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has set a record for CdTe solar cell conversion ...
Tags: Crystalline Silicon, Solar Cell
In booths 901/903 at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting in Denver (3-7 March), Lake Shore Cryotronics Inc of Westerville OH, USA, which makes scientific sensors, instruments and systems for measurement and control, is to ...
Tags: scientific sensors, terahertz system, integrated platform
The use of semiconductors in optoelectronic applications has had a bit of thickness problem. For photovoltaics, the need for relatively thick semiconductor thin films has added some significant cost to their manufacture. In other ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, optoelectronic