thin-film photovoltaic cell News
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Ascent Solar Chairman to Retire at End of Year
Company Enters Manufacturing and Commercialization Phase of Development, Names New Chairman THORNTON, Colo. - Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTI), a developer of state-of-the-art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today that its Chairman, Dr. Mohan Misra, will be retiring from his position on the Board of Directors, effective December 31, 2010. Dr. Misra has decided that due ...
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NREL Scientist Named AAAS Fellow
David S. Ginley, a materials scientist at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has been named a fellow of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), an honor accorded to at most 1 percent of the prestigious scientific society’s membership each year. AAAS cited Ginley for “distinguished contributions in renewable energy and ...
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Praxair China Wins New Contract with Trina Solar
Praxair China has won a new contract with Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. to supply silane, ammonia, argon, nitrogen and oxygen to Trina Solar’s new production facility in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province. Praxair China has been supplying Trina Solar’s other production facilities in the west and southeast sites of Trina Solar Industrial Park in Changzhou. ...
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Smart windows: energy efficiency with a view
Imagine wrapping a giant pair of Wayfarers or Aviators around your house on a sunny day. Wouldn't that be cool? NREL researchers are trying to do the high-tech equivalent of putting sunglasses on buildings with a new generation of insulated 'dynamic windows' that change color to modulate interior temperatures and lighting. Buildings consume 40 percent of the nearly 100 quadrillion Btus (quads) ...
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Tokyo Electron enters the photovoltaic cell production equipment business
Tokyo Electron (TEL) today announced that the company has entered the photovoltaic cell production business. Photovoltaic (PV) cells have been the subject of much attention recently, as they offer a solution to the various environmental and energy-related issues confronting the world today. After extensive exploratory research in the field, TEL has decided to form a new business around PV cell ...
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Methods to increase indium supplies for the manufacture of thin-film solar cells
Shortages of indium, a key metal found in thin-film solar cells, could limit their large-scale deployment in the future. A new study has outlined four ways that indium supplies could be increased to meet future demand. For example, indium could be extracted more efficiently from zinc ores, or historic wastes containing indium could be processed to extract the element. CIGS solar cells are a thin ...
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Nanowires may boost solar cell efficiency, UC San Diego engineers say
University of California, San Diego electrical engineers have created experimental solar cells spiked with nanowires that could lead to highly efficient thin-film solar cells of the future. Indium phosphide (InP) nanowires can serve as electron superhighways that carry electrons kicked loose by photons of light directly to the device’s electron-attracting electrode — and this scenario could boost ...
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