LayTec AG of Berlin, Germany (which makes in-situ metrology systems for thin-film processes, focusing on compound semiconductor and photovoltaic applications) says that at last October’s International Workshop on Nitride ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) – has announced the release of its Series 3 FS-392 module, which is rated at 92.5 watts and maintains all ...
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At the new copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) facility of the Solliance collaboration platform in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the first CIGS solar cells have been fabricated, demonstrating solar energy conversion efficiency of ...
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With the LED TV backlight market slowing, and the general lighting market yet to take off, LED makers are looking to all sorts of innovative ways to improve cost and performance to drive adoption — from disruptive new technologies to ...
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Specialty pharmaceutical company Cynapsus Therapeutics has received a Notice of Allowance from the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for a patent application No. 13/445,656 that covers APL-130277. Fast-acting APL-130277 is a thin ...
Global Solar Energy Inc of Tucson, AZ, USA, which makes flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic cells and modules, has implemented cost-cutting measures as it continues to progress the previously announced ...
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Membrane switches are known for standing up to tough environmental conditions. Flexible and durable, the membrane switch can be customized with embossing, backlighting, sealing, and electrostatic discharge (ESD) shielding. Membrane switches ...
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After filing for Chapter 11-type insolvency protection in July,centrotherm photovoltaics AG of Blaubeuren,Germany,which provides equipment and turnkey production lines for manufacturing both crystalline silicon solar cells and copper indium ...
Saint-Gobain,represented by Jean-Pierre Floris,Senior Vice-President and President of the Innovative Materials Sector has signed an M.O.U.with HRH Prince Faisal Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud,to set up a high-tech company in the solar ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, has announced the initial sale of SOLab ...
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When the Chinese energy giant Hanergy decided last week to buy Miasole,a Silicon Valley-based thin-film solar company,at less than a tenth the amount venture capitalists had invested in the firm,it could have been making a savvy move.Though ...
Tokyo-based Solar Frontier K.K. (a subsidiary of Japanese energy business Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.) – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – says that its ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services, and PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali ...
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AGC Flat Glass North America and Asahi Glass,Tokyo Inc.has filed a silicon thin film deposition patent regarding photovoltaic device applications with inventors being Christopher Cording,Matthew Spencer and Kunio Masumo,according to the ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors has improved its thin-film infrared chip technology to achieve high performance in the laboratory,including 72%wall-plug efficiency and 67%external quantum efficiency.Osram Opto Semiconductors has reported the ...