Researchers at University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) have used low-temperature metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) of p-type gallium nitride (GaN) to achieve intentional surface roughening of a solar cell device, thereby ...
Tags: Ingan Solar Cell, MOCVD
A group of researchers led by Hendrik Bolink of the Institut de Ciència Molecular (ICMol) of the Scientific Park of the University of Valencia has developed a thin film low cost photovoltaic device with high power conversion ...
Tags: Hendrik Bolink, Institut de Ciència Molecular, photovoltaic device
ESRLow Equivalent Series Resistance characteristics are excellent, varying from 2.2 to 6.2 mOhms, depending on values. Operating temperature ranges from -40 to +75°C, with an exceptional life expectancy of 100,000 hours. The MDCL ...
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Researchers in Taiwan have used cadmium selenide (CdSe) quantum dots (QDs) to increase the power conversion efficiency of three-junction solar cells by around 10% [Ya-Ju Lee et al, Optics Express, Vol. 21, pA953, 2013]. The team was ...
Tags: CdSe CdSe quantum, Three-junction solar cells p-Ge substrates MOCVD
TOKYO, Nov 25, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- First Solar, Inc. FSLR -0.38% today announced that it has started construction of a solar project in Kitakyushu-shi, Japan. Generation capacity of the project is 1.4MWDC, and it will start operating ...
Tags: First Solar, Solar Power, Tokyo
Silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor supplier GeneSiC Semiconductor Inc of Dulles, VA, USA has announced the immediate availability of a new family of industry-standard surface-mount SMB (JEDEC DO-214AA)-packaged SiC Schottky ...
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and Fuji Electric Corp of America have been developing indium gallium nitride (InGaN) solar cell structures in efforts to extend the conversion efficiency of multi-junction photovoltaic (PV) ...
Tags: Nitride Barriers, Electrical
Beijing-based Hanergy Holding Group Ltd – which is claimed to be the world’s biggest thin-film photovoltaic (PV) firm - says that, through its subsidiary Hanergy Investment Ltd, it has further acquired from the market a total of ...
Tags: Hanergy Solar, Electronics
Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab Inc of Sylmar, CA, USA has raised its world record for energy conversion efficiency in a ground-based solar cell without solar concentration from 37.8% (set in April) to 38.8%, as verified by the US Department ...
China Agricultural University (CAU), Wageningen UR (University and Research Centre) and Dutch dairy company FrieslandCampina, today signed an agreement to establish a China-based Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Centre (SDDDC). The centre ...
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ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has raised its energy conversion efficiency record for thin-film ...
Tags: Manz CIGS PV, Electrical, Electronics
Japan's Honda Motor Co Ltd has announced plans to discontinue the operations of its copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturing subsidiary Honda Soltec Co Ltd in spring 2014 and withdraw from the ...
Tags: Honda CIGS Solar cell, Electrical, Electronics, solar cell
For third-quarter 2013, 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 ...
Tags: solar, Electrical, Electronics
FLIR thermal imaging is increasingly playing an important part in ensuring maximum energy yield from solar panels. It is involved throughout the life cycle of the product from its design, manufacture and quality assurance procedures ...
Tags: Solar Module, Energy
Thin-film processing equipment maker AVACO Co Ltd of Daegu, South Korea, which specializes in sputtering (PVD) vacuum deposition equipment (in-line, cluster, and roll to roll), atomic layer deposition (ALD) equipment, back-end-of-line ...
Tags: PV CIGSSe, Electrical, Electronics