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Thin film solar cell – Time Award

Thin-film photovoltaic cells are included in the TIME’s Best Inventions of 2008. ==Sources *Grama, S. “A Survey of Thin-Film Solar Photovoltaic Industry & Technologies.” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008. *Green, Martin A. “Consolidation of thin-film photovoltaic technology: the coming decade of opportunity.” Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 14, no. 5 (2006): 383-392. *Green, M. [...]

Concentrix Solar – Technical details

Concentrix concentrated photovoltaics (CPV) modules bundle sunlight up to 500 times with the use of fresnel lenses and focus it on III-V based Triple-junction solar cells (GaInP/GaInAs/Ge), which then convert the light into electrical energy. To ensure that the sunlight is concentrated precisely on the solar cell the CPV modules are installed on a two-axis [...]

Solar cell – Applications and implementations

Solar cells are often electrically connected and encapsulated as a module. Photovoltaic modules often have a sheet of glass on the front (sun up) side, allowing light to pass while protecting the semiconductor wafers from the elements (rain, hail, etc.). Solar cells are also usually connected in series in modules, creating an additive voltage. Connecting [...]

Solarmer Energy, Inc. – Technology

Solarmer’s technology is based on using a semiconducting plastic as the active material in the solar cell, which is what converts light into electricity. In contrast to other photovoltaic technologies, this technology is capable of producing electricity using any kind of lighting, although the lower the light, the less electricity produced. However a major setback [...]

TI-36 – Introduction

TI-36 is a series of scientific calculators distributed by Texas Instruments. It currently represents the high end model for the TI-30 product lines. The TI-36 model designation began in 1986 as variant of TI-35 PLUS with solar cells. Adapted from the Wikipedia article TI-36, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see [...]

Solar balloon – Introduction

solar balloon or solar airship, is a hot air balloon which gains buoyancy by using only radiation from the sun; the balloons are generally made from black material, which helps them to heat up in the sunshine. This causes the air present inside the solar balloon to expand and reduce in density compared with the [...]

November 2004 in science – November 4, 2004

Researchers at Toin University in Yokohama have created a working solar energy device called a photocapacitor. Unlike previous Solar cells, this device stores energy internally making it more efficient. [http://physicsweb.org/articles/news/8/11/3/1 physicsweb] Adapted from the Wikipedia article November 2004 in science, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Wafer (electronics) – Introduction

wafer is a thin slice of semiconductor material, such as a silicon crystal, used in the fabrication of integrated circuits and other microdevices. The wafer serves as the substrate for microelectronic devices built in and over the wafer and undergoes many microfabrication process steps such as doping or ion implantation, etching, deposition of various materials, [...]

ReneSola – Introduction

ReneSola Ltd. ( ) is a Jiashan-headquartered manufacturer of solar wafers, which are thin sheets of crystalline silicon material primarily used in the production of solar cells. The Company’s customers include some of the global manufacturers of solar cells and modules, such as JA Solar Co., Ltd., Motech Industries Inc., Solarfun Power Holding Ltd. and [...]

Solyndra – CIGS Competitors

*Global Solar said that its CIGS cells from its factory had reached an average efficiency of 10 percent . * HelioVolt Corp. said it had produced CIGS cells with efficiency as high as 12.2 percent on a pilot line. * Nanosolar has created tools that can produce CIGS cells with a 14.5 percent efficiency. * [...]

Silicon thin-film cell – BIPV

A silicon thin film technology is being developed for building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) in the form of semitransparent solar cells which can be applied as window glazing. These cells function as window tinting while generating electricity. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Silicon thin-film cell, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see [...]

Centrotherm Photovoltaics – Industry sector

Centrotherm Photovoltaics AG develops, manufactures and markets turnkey production lines, key equipment and process technology for the production of polysilicon and solar cells as well as crystalline- and thin film solar modules and also provides a range of related services to customers. Adapted from the Wikipedia article Centrotherm Photovoltaics, under the G. N. U. Free [...]

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