Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, says that Dr Thomas Russell has decided to not stand for re-election to the board at the ...
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Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Neo Solar Power and solar-grade crystalline silicon wafer makers Green Energy Technology (GET), Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS) and Gigastorage saw November consolidated revenues ...
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For fiscal fourth-quarter 2013 (to end-September), Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has reported revenue of $43.1m, down ...
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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
The global market for specialty films is projected to be worth $6.0 billion in 2013 and grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 6.0% until 2018, according to a brand new market report from Smithers Pira. The Future of Specialty Films: ...
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In its search for more advantageous materials and processes for manufacturing efficient thin-film solar cells, ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — ...
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The Group of III-V Semiconductors of the Instituto de Energía Solar at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (IES-UPM) in Spain has reported a triple-junction concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar cell with an efficiency of 39.2%, ...
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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) ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that China-based concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar cell maker Guangdong Redsolar Photovoltaic Tech Co Ltd has purchased multiple TurboDisc ...
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Prices for solar-grade polycrystalline silicon wafers have risen to US$0.94/wafer due to tight supply, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) has cited Taiwan-based maker Gigastorage as indicating. Gigastorage has received orders ...
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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 ...
Veeco Instruments Inc. announced that the Guangdong Redsolar Photovoltaic Tech Co., Ltd (Redsolar), a leading producer of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells in China, has purchased multiple TurboDisc® K475™ As/P MOCVD ...
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Amid new signs that solar market conditions are improving and major suppliers are increasing production, IHS is raising its forecast of photovoltaic (PV) capital spending. Global capital spending in 2014 by producers of PV modules, cells, ...
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Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell maker Neo Solar Power on November 7 reported consolidated revenues of NT$2.3 billion (US$78.0 million) for October, a 31-month high, with growth of 1.31% on month and 179.56% on year, and those of ...
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Taiwan-based solar cell maker Neo Solar Power saw its business operation swing from net operating loss of NT$516 million (US$17.3 million) for the first half of 2013 to net operating profit of NT$502 million for the third quarter, while ...
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