Thin-film Solar Articles
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Nanoscale Research on Kilometre Scale Solar Panels
Now that solar energy has a larger share in our energy supply, it is becoming more important that solar panels are reliable and behave predictable. To be able to predict when solar panels will fail, insight into the failure mechanism is essential. This knowledge is used to improve the quality and longevity. Scientists at TNO Energy Transition and Solliance Solar Research have developed a ...
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Solar Cell Thin Film Analysers: The Basics
Global energy consumption is rapidly outstripping the available supply. When we factor in that over half of the world’s electricity is generated by non-renewables and that the global population growth remains incredibly high, concerns about the energy sector’s ability to provide for future generations seem well-founded. A gradual pivot towards renewables seems both inevitable and ...
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Using osee for Selecting among alternative surface cleanling processes
Abstract : Industry faces a dilemma in trying to select the "right" cleaning process. Evaluating alternative cleaning processes requires the answer to two questions: (1) is the new cleaning process as effective as the one being replaced? (2) Does the new cleaning process leave behind any residue that could be detrimental to subsequent processing or performance? This paper discusses reasons for ...
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How Clean is Clean? Defining Acceptable Cleanliness Levels
Abstract : A key to surface finishing is a "properly" prepared surface. Defining and maintaining the surface preparation at "proper" levels is at best subjective. Often the failure of surface preparation processes is not discovered until problems, such as poor adhesion, occur down stream resulting in non-conformance due to poor surface cleanliness. To assure consistent quality of surface ...
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Surface cleanliness monitoring to Improve coating/Paint adhesion
Surface preparation is one of the most important factors in assuring proper adhesion of the rust prevention/paint adhesion chemicals to the coil and decorative/protective or laminate adhesion to prepared surface. These treatments can be defined as "coatings". Several after the fact tests are currently used in the coil coating industry to check adhesion of these "coatings" to the surface. Usually ...
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Strong consortium works on higher efficiencies in CIGS
AVANCIS and Smit Thermal Solutions team up with European research institutes HZB, CNRS and Solliance for higher efficiencies in CIGS Thin-film photovoltaic CIGS technology has seen considerable growth of manufacturing capacity in recent years. The environmental impact, especially the CO2 footprint of CIGS thin-film panels shows great advantages compared to other solar technologies. ...
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Hanergy Solar UAV Project - Case Study
Project Name: Hanergy Solar UAV Project Location: Beijing Component technology: Alta Devices The UAV adopts Alta Devices' world leading gallium arsenide thin-film solar technology. The highest conversion rate of thin-film solar cells is as high as 31.6%. Public data shows that under the same area, it has performancetwo to three times compared to that of ordinary flexible solar cells, and ...
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Gobi Challenge for Road ofXuanzang - Case Study
In May 2015, the TenthGobi Challenge for “Road of Xuanzang” (“Ge Shi”) was competed in Mohe Yanqi Gobi afterhiking through 112 kilometers of no man's land for four days and three nights. Hanergy thin-film solar power package helped China-Europe Business School to provide everyone with portable, fast and easy ...
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Solar Cell Thin Film Analysers from Hiden Analytical
Solar cell thin film analysers are used to facilitate research and development (R&D) into novel photovoltaic architectures by monitoring the processing conditions for epitaxial deposition of photovoltaic materials. These growth methods cover a range of advanced techniques, such as plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD) and radio frequency sputtering, which are used to generate a ...
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What is the Best Solar Panel Technology (For Lighting Needs)?
You’re probably aware that Greenshine is a company that specializes in solar lighting. You’re also probably aware that solar lighting uses solar panels. If you’re not aware of these facts, welcome to our site! For the remaining crowd, or for those who we have piqued interest, we’ve developed a comprehensive guide of solar technology and pinpointed the ones that are best ...
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Solar Energy Advantages and Disadvantages
Electricity is essential to every household. But what happens to those households in remote areas where electrification on the grid is not possible? The off grid home solar power system becomes very important in providing electricity in such homes. It is a stand-alone photovoltaic system which offers a cost-effective means of delivering a facility for lighting and appliances in the rural homes. ...
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Deployment of New Product Introduction Program with Commercial Release of SoloPower Systems’ Integrated Module Packaging
U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) Announces Successful Deployment of New Product Introduction Program with Commercial Release of Partner SoloPower Systems’ Integrated Module Packaging New SoloPower Systems application demonstrates PVMC’s ability to quickly test and deploy new technologies; Successful effort announced at PVMC Annual Workshop at SUNY Polytechnic ...
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Case study - Future Business Centre - Cambridge
System kWp: 4.6 Area: 57 m sq Inverter: Aurora Modules Used: PS-A opaque, PS-C transparent Double Glazed Unit (DGU) Polysolar was requested to provide the PV glazing for the stairwell curtain walling and the decorative rainscreen cladding. This saw the first truly transparent curtain wall elements employed in the UK and a BREEAM rating of Excellent. Objective: Generate renewable energy ...
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Will we ever stop using fossil fuels?
Not without a carbon tax, suggests a study by an MIT economist. In recent years, proponents of clean energy have taken heart in the falling prices of solar and wind power, hoping they will drive an energy revolution. But a new study co-authored by an MIT professor suggests otherwise: Technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead us to continue using all the oil, gas, and coal we ...
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Look what’s cooking in the world of renewable energy
The solar and wind innovations that got us where we are today — and those waiting in the wings — point to a hopeful future. Inside a sprawling single-story office building in Bedford, Mass., in a secret room known as the Growth Hall, the future of solar power is cooking at more than 2,500 °F. Behind closed doors and downturned blinds, custom-built ovens with ambitious names like ...
By Ensia
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In situ indium–induced crystallisation of low temperature nano–poly silicon (LTNPS) thin film on ITO glass substrate
For the first time, the low temperature nano–poly silicon (LTNPS) thin films were formed on indium tin oxide (ITO) glass with a temperature of ∼200ºC using the in situ indium–induced crystallisation of the plasma enhanced CVD (PECVD) deposited a–Si. Compared with the conventional method for transfer of the PECVD formed amorphous structure to the nano–poly one, the technology features a low ...
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Modelling of thin–film tandem solar cells
Numerical modelling of thin–film tandem solar cells is investigated using PC–1D program. The program is adapted to simulate the performance of multi–junction solar cells. Cadmium–zinc telluride (Cd0.6Zn0.4Te) is chosen as an absorber layer material for the wide band gap top cell and copper indium diselenide (CuInSe2) is chosen as an absorber layer material for the bottom cell in the whole tandem ...
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Solar`s Time to Rise and Shine.
Photovoltaic efficiency records are being shattered, thanks to recent advances in materials science. Last month, a researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., loaded a postage stamp–sized solar cell onto a tray and placed it under a high-intensity pulse solar simulator. The simulator flashed a 2.5 millisecond pulse of light, and 19 mirrors reflected the photons ...
By Ensia
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Can Sharp become the new liquid crystal panel IGZO leader? Observations from patent information analysis
This research focuses on the patent applications in the field of IGZO liquid crystal panel business. The 'IGZO' is a new challenging material for liquid crystal polymer (LCP). We compared and analysed patent information of nine Japanese applicants and one foreign applicant, by using bibliographic data, examination processes, registration data, overseas application, technical classification, ...
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The comparison of several silicon solar cells
The solar cell is also known as the "solar chip", it is a kind of photoelectric semiconductor wafer that works by solar energy. Solar energy refers to solar radiation energy. Since the formation of the earth, organism mainly light and heat, provided by the sun to survive, and as a method of food preservation, such as salt and salted fish. But nowadays, the application of solar energy gathered ...
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