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Solar-Tectic Granted US Patent for Low-Cost, High-Efficiency III-V Thin-Film Tandem Solar Cell on Glass Substrate

Oct 10, 2017

Solar-Tectic LLC of Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA says that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted it US patent 15/205,316 ‘Method of Growing III-V Semiconductor Films for Tandem Solar Cells’ for high-efficiency and ...

Tags: Thin-film PV, Glass Substrate

CSEM, NREL and EPFL Raise Silicon-Based Multi-Junction Solar Cell Efficiency Record

Aug 30, 2017

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology CSEM (Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique) and EPFL (école Polytechnique ...

Tags: Solar Cell, Microtechnology

Sol Voltaics Raises $21.3m to Commercialize 50% Efficiency-Boosting GaAs Nanowire PV Technology

Jul 7, 2017

Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which is developing nanomaterials technology for enhancing solar cell efficiency, has closed a record funding round of $21.3m (reckoned to be the largest finance raise for a European solar technology company ...

Tags: solar cell, PV

China 13th Five-Year Plan Goal

Jan 31, 2017

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) officially released the full articles of the 13th Five-Year Plan, regulating the energy development roadmap and action plan from 2016 to 2020. For solar PV, the basic ...

Tags: low-carbon energy, solar PV

Midsummer Receives Repeat Order for CIGS Solar Cell Manufacturing System From Asian Customer

Oct 12, 2016

Midsummer AB of Järfälla, near Stockholm, Sweden – a provider of turnkey production lines for manufacturing flexible, lightweight copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar cells – has ...

Tags: Midsummer, CIG Ssolar cells, repeat order

Stacked Perovskite/CIGS Solar Module Hits Record 17.8% Efficiency

Sep 29, 2016

Researchers at nanoelectronics research center imec of Leuven, Belgium (a partner in Solliance and EnergyVille), Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — ...

Tags: stacked perovskite, CIGS, solar module

Gallium Arsenide Phosphide Solar Cells on Silicon with Record 12% Efficiency

Aug 26, 2016

Yale University and University of Illinois Urbana in the USA have improved the efficiency of gallium arsenide phosphide (GaAsP) solar cells on silicon (Si) by reducing threading dislocation densities (TDDs) [Kevin Nay Yaung et al, Appl. ...

Tags: GaAsP solar cells, GaAsP, MBE, MOCVD

First Solar Shifts Malaysian Production Capacity to Series 5 CdTe PV Module Assembly

Jul 7, 2016

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 – is reallocating production capacity ...

Tags: PV Module, thin-film

ZSW Regains Thin-Film Solar Cell Efficiency Record with 22.6% CIGS PV Cell

Jun 20, 2016

ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has set a world record for thin-film photovoltaic cell energy ...

Tags: ZSW, silicon cells

Sol Voltaics Raises $17m in Series C Funding Following Breakthrough in Nanowire Solar Cell Efficiency

May 13, 2016

Sol Voltaics AB of Lund, Sweden, which provides nanomaterial technology for enhancing solar panels and other products, has raised $17m in a Series C round of equity investment and grant funding, led by new investor Riyadh Valley Company ...

Tags: Solar Cell, solar panels

ZSW Raises Its CIGS PV Cell Efficiency From 21.7% to European Record of 22%

Apr 5, 2016

By optimizing various manufacturing processes, ZSW (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung — or Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research — Baden-Württemberg) in Stuttgart, Germany has raised the ...

Tags: ZSW CIGS Manz

Tampere Granted €2.5m to Develop III-V Solar Cells with up to Eight Junctions

Apr 5, 2016

The European Commission's European Research Council (ERC) has granted €2.5m to professor Mircea Guina of the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) at Tampere University of Technology (TUT) to apply new technology in solar cell ...

Tags: III-V multi-junction solar cells

China to Spur Power Device Developments in 2016

Mar 24, 2016

Market sectors encompassing telecommunications, consumer electronics, innovative energy applications in transportation, electricity generation and other market sectors are increasingly valuing power semiconductor devices as usage of these ...

Tags: AC driver, railway applications, high power

First Solar Raises CdTe PV Cell Conversion Efficiency Record From 21.5% to 22.1%

Feb 29, 2016

First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA has again raised its world record for cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) research cell conversion efficiency, from 21.5% (reported in February 2015) to 22.1%, as certified at the Technology and ...

Tags: PV Cell, thin film PV

Researchers Find New Nanastructure Design to Improve LEDs and Solar Cell Efficiency

Dec 15, 2015

Light and electricity dance a complicated tango in devices like LEDs, solar cells and sensors. A new anti-reflection coating developed by engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, in collaboration with researchers at the ...

Tags: anti-reflection coating, electronic device, semiconductor

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