Latest Amorphous silicon Stories

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a peel-and-stick solar cell that could one day be used to charge mobile phones and power a variety of other small devices. Peel-and-stick, or water-assisted transfer printing (WTP), technologies were developed by the Stanford group, and have been used before for nanowire based electronics. However, the Stanford-NREL team...

Black Silicon and Selective Emitter Have Been Prime Goals Of Solar Industry For Years RED BANK, N.J., April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK) has made major strides in advancing its black silicon solar cells to commercial levels of efficiency and, as part of its development process, has discovered that its technology could finally provide the industry with a low-cost selective emitter application. Natcore's initial black silicon solar cells,...

A recently added market report by Transparency Market Research on “Thin Film Photovoltaics Market - Global Industry Size, Market Share, Trends, Analysis And Forecasts 2012 - 2018" is now available for pre-order. To browse the report, visit http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/thin-film-photovoltaics-market.html Albany, NY (PRWEB) April 04, 2013 Thin film photovoltaics are solar cells manufactured by placing one or more thin layers of photovoltaic material on a substrate. The...

A 10.7 percent conversion rate has been achieved using less than 2 micrometers of raw material The Photovoltaics-Laboratory (PV-Lab) of EPFL's Insitute of Microengineering (IMT), founded in 1984 by Prof. Arvind Shah and now headed by Prof. Christophe Ballif, is well known as a pioneer in the development of thin-film silicon solar cells, and as a precursor in the use of microcrystalline silicon as a photoactive material in thin-film silicon photovoltaic (TF-Si PV) devices. A remarkable step...

Penn State For the first time, a silicon-based optical fiber with solar-cell capabilities has been developed that has been shown to be scalable to many meters in length. The research opens the door to the possibility of weaving together solar-cell silicon wires to create flexible, curved, or twisted solar fabrics. The findings by an international team of chemists, physicists, and engineers, led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, will be posted by the...

MONTBONNOT, France, October 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Altatech, a subsidiary of Soitec, announced today that it has introduced a multi-chamber chemical vapor deposition (CVD) system that enables photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturers to develop and optimize their solar cell designs using advanced thin-film deposition of amorphous silicon and other materials. By performing all deposition processes within a single system, the new AltaCVD Solarlab(TM) tool reduces cycle times and...

Using amorphous and monocristalline silicon together, EPFL team achieved an astounding 22.4 percent efficiency In the medium term, an investment of only $2500 in photovoltaic cells would suffice to provide more than enough electricity for the consumption of a four people household. This promising scenario has been made possible by the innovations accomplished by EPFL's Institute of Microengineering in Neuchatel. The team of prof. Christophe Ballif, director of the Photovoltaics Laboratory...

Shipment includes New Hybrid-Cell HIT Power® Modules Rated at 240- and 235-watts San Jose, CA (PRWEB) September 11, 2012 Panasonic Eco Solutions North America announces the availability of the HIT Power® 240S and HIT Power® 235S solar modules in the United States. The 240S panel offers integrators and installers a cell conversion efficiency of 21.6% and module efficiency of 19.0%, and the 235S with a cell conversion efficiency of 21.1% and module efficiency of 18.6%. Sales...

DALLAS, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, today announced its collaboration with SHI International Corp. With this first-of-its-kind strategic alliance in the imaging industry, SHI clients now have access to Sharp's full line of world-class imaging products. SHI is best known for offering its clients the broadest portfolio of IT products and solutions available, on a global scale. This new...

Focus on technical innovation from 2013 will create new revenue opportunities for PV capital equipment supply chain. Santa Clara, Calif. (PRWEB) July 16, 2012 A technology roadmap for the PV industry is set to emerge during 2013, bringing the PV industry into alignment with adjacent technology sectors where roadmaps typically have broad industry support. The creation of the new PV technology roadmap will be a leading indicator for the new technology buying cycle, which will be driven...