Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has announced the second ...
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Researchers in China and Turkey have been using varying-thickness gallium nitride (GaN) barriers between indium gallium nitride (InGaN) multiple quantum wells (MQWs) to improve hole distributions and thus to reduce efficiency droop effects ...
Tags: InGaN LEDs, Electrical, Electronics
Researchers in China have used laser micromachining to boost light extraction efficiencies of nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) by up to 46% [Bo Sun et al, J. Appl. Phys., vol113, p243104, 2013]. The team was based at ...
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Beijing-based Hanergy Holding Group Ltd – which is claimed to be the world’s biggest thin-film photovoltaic (PV) firm - has completed the equity acquisition of Global Solar Energy Inc (GSE) of Tucson, AZ, USA, which makes ...
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Teledyne LeCroy of Chestnut Ridge, NY, USA (a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Inc) has demonstrated what is claimed to be the first 100GHz real-time oscilloscope by acquiring and displaying live signals at 100GHz bandwidth (exceeding ...
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For second-quarter 2013, Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical network systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), has reported revenue of ...
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Researchers in China have developed a silicon dioxide (SiO2) on aluminium oxide (Al2O3) passivation for nitride semiconductor light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that offers more than two orders of magnitude reduced current leakage under reverse ...
As part of its Clean Technology Innovation Program, the Australian Federal Government has awarded BluGlass Ltd of Silverwater, Australia $2,999,255 in funding for its project 'Versatile prototype deposition machine for higher efficiency, ...
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TSMC Solar, a CIGS (copper-indium-gallium-selenide) thin-film PV module maker established by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), aims to hike energy conversion rates from 15.7% recorded in mid-June 2013 to 17% in 2014, ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, a maker of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, which it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, will debut the newest additions to its ...
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Texas State University (in San Marcos) has announced an agreement granting MicroPower Global Ltd (which was established in 2008 and is developing thermoelectric devices for energy conservation, energy harvesting and refrigeration) exclusive ...
The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Semiconductors and Tsinghua University claim “the first proof-of-concept experimental demonstration of the current-driven pyramid array InGaN/GaN core-shell LEDs interconnected with ...
Tags: Pyramid-array LEDs, Graphene Electrodes, GaN, MOCVD
It may not quite be a character out of the Terminator 2, but university scientists have developed a way to use 3D printing to create structures made out of liquid metal. Researchers at North Carolina State University use 3D printing to ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, a maker of copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules, which it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has appointed West Coast Limited as a ...
Tags: Ascent Solar, EnerPlex, CIGS
SoloPower Inc of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes thin-film copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic (PV) cells and lightweight flexible solar modules using a proprietary roll-to-roll electro-deposition process, says that an ...
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