Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany has laid the cornerstone of its new Center for High-Efficiency Solar Cells, which is financed by a total of €32.6m from the federal government and the state ...
Tags: solar cells, photovoltaics market
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
Silicon-based solar cells dominates today’s solar energy industry, while this technology has difficulty in bringing the conversion efficiency beyond 23% for commercialized solar cells in mass production. In order to break the ...
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k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies instrumentation and software for surface science and thin-film technology applications) says that it is supplying thin-film metrology tools to the photovoltaic industry in an effort ...
Tags: Thin-Film Metrology Tools, Solar Panel Production, Electrical
Magnolia Solar Corp of Woburn, MA and Albany, NY, USA says that on 25 November the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued its subsidiary Magnolia Solar Inc a patent (US Patent No. 8,895,838) describing an improved ...
Tags: multi-junction solar cell, absorber materials, Electrical
Bernin-based Soitec (which makes engineered substrates and CPV systems) and Grenoble-based micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of France, together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE of Freiburg, Germany, have ...
Tags: Solar Cell, Electrical
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and space solar power markets, has announced a transition plan of its CEO position in connection with the sale of ...
The Group of III-V Semiconductors of the Solar Energy Institute at the Technical University of Madrid (Instituto de Energía Solar at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, IES-UPM) has developed a highly conductive, high-bandgap ...
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 ...
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has received the Association of University Research Parks' (AURP) Innovation Award for its ...
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg, Germany, concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system maker Soitec of Bernin, France, micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti in Grenoble, France and the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin ...
Tags: Fraunhofer ISE Leti Soitec CPV Helmholtz, Electrical, Electronics
Keith Emery, a principal scientist at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been awarded the William R. Cherry Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Emery received the award ...
Tags: Solar cell, cell, Electrical, Electronics
Emcore Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which makes components, subsystems and systems for the fiber-optic and solar power markets, has entered into a supply contract with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to manufacture, test and ...
Tags: Emcore, Triple-junction solar cells, Electrical&Electronics
Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Germany (the largest solar energy research institute in Europe) has joined forces with EV Group (EVG) of St Florian, Austria, a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography ...
Tags: Solar Cells, Electrical
In an industry project with concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar system maker Soitec of Bernin, France, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) in Freiburg, Germany is developing a new generation of multi-junction solar cells ...
Tags: solar cells, Electrical, Electronics