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Lab demo of multiband photovoltaic device was showed.
As you might know, the usual photovoltaic panes are efficient between 15-20%. It’s because the light spectrum is limited, and the rays falling out of the spectrum are not converted to electricity. But this might change soon.
The demonstration was done using RSLE’s IBand technology and is [...]
Researchers or the Oregon State University have made an important breakthrough in the use of continuous flow microreactors to produce thin film absorbers for solar cells – an innovative technology that could significantly reduce the cost of solar energy devices and reduce material waste.
The interesting thing is that the thin-film solar [...]
The printable solar cells are not new.
I already reported several times that Nanosolar has build the most advanced printing process for making solar thin film panels and that there had been some big investment made by french group EDF. This time I’ll show you that there [...]
New solar plant making thin-film modules close to Bordeaux?
First Solar and EDF Energies Nouvelles should be creating near the city of Bordeaux, a new solar panel manufacturing plant.
The plant should be constructed close to the city Blanquefort, which is a part of Bordeaux suburban.
The plant, co-financed by [...]
Signet Solar expects to begin commercial production of thin-film solar panels by the end of this month, a company executive told Greentch Media this week.
Signet plans to begin shipping its films to commercial customers this month and to ramp up its production to full capacity in the next two months,
Signet Solar fabricated [...]
After Nanosolar’s investment of $300 milion this week it is SoloPower which is raising almost $200 million to speed up manufacturing of its thin-film solar cells.
SoloPower is based in San Jose, California. The company makes solar cells from CIGS, which is a combination of copper, indium, gallium, and selenide which a [...]
I found it googling – this PDF from Nanosolar’s website explaining actually the progress the firm is making developping hte CIGS technology. It’s called ” High-performance Thin-film photovoltaics using Low-cost process technology “. The paper explaining that the CIGS can can deliver sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiencies of 19.5%. The paper then [...]
Nanosolar to Accelerate Production
One of the companies at the forefront of the fight to make thin-film solar viable is Nanosolar, and they just announced some good news on their blog. They were always well capitalized, but they raised $300 million more to accelerate the expansion of their production capability, bringing [...]
CIGS cells use extremely thin layers of semiconductor material applied to a low-cost backing such as glass, flexible metallic foils, high-temperature polymers or stainless steel sheets. Thin-film cells require less energy to make and can be fabricated by a variety of processes. Because of this, they provide a promising path for providing more affordable solar [...]
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