In December, Tokyo-based Solar Frontier – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – announced that it is to construct a CIS solar module manufacturing plant on a ...
Researchers in China have developed a selective area epitaxy (SAE) approach to create nanopyramids of nitride semiconductor 'white' light-emitting diodes (LEDs) without using phosphors [Kui Wu et al, Appl. Phys. Lett., vol103, p241107, ...
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SemiNex Corp of Peabody, MA, USA, which designs and makes indium phosphide (InP)-based high-power laser diodes for military, industrial, medical, dental and cosmetic applications, says that it has joined over 1 million companies and ...
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Researchers based in Korea and Egypt have used wafer thinning to increase the efficiency of nitride semiconductor green light-emitting diodes (LEDs) [Wael Z. Tawfik et al, Appl. Phys. Express, vol6, p122103, 2013]. The contributing ...
XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and 'CIGSolar' manufacturing processes, says that the response to its Southern ...
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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 ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules that it integrates into its EnerPlex series of consumer products, has signed a ...
Thin-film copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) solar cell maker GS Hong Kong Solar has officially opened its new 150,000ft2 manufacturing plant, which has a phase-1, full-production capacity of 40MW per year. GS Solar notes that it is ...
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Earlier in December, concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France was informed that the European Commission (EC) has approved financing for the five-year Gupard program, which was launched in May 2012 to develop a ...
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In booth 35474 at 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (7–10 January), Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film ...
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NeoPhotonics Corp of San Jose, CA, a vertically integrated designer and manufacturer of both indium phosphide (InP) and silica-on-silicon photonic integrated circuit (PIC)-based modules and subsystems for high-speed communications networks, ...
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3M has announced a joint venture with Cambrios Technologies, a nanotechnology company, to produce a new line of touch sensitive screens based on silver nanowire ink developed by Cambrios. The announcement marks a move by 3M into nanowire ...
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What is Low Iron Float Tempered Glass? Low iron float glass also named Ultra-clear glass. It is made by matured technical operation norm. It looks just like colorless crystal with higher transmittance. Compare to common float glass, it ...
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International conglomerate The 3M Company and nanotech startup Cambrios Technologies jointly announced this week that 3M would be marketing a suite of products that will be based on conductors made from Cambrios silver nanowire ink. The ...
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Engineers at Imec and IBM have independently developed new manufacturing processes for making the next decade's leading chips, they revealed late last year. These efforts will allow the marriage of silicon wafers and certain exotic ...
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