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Ascent Solar Unveils New Series of Flexible, Light-Weight CIGS Modules

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today the launch of its new WaveSol™ series of five meter long modules to complement its current portfolio of building integrated (BIPV) and building applied (BAPV) photovoltaic product portfolio.

7 Sep 2010

New iLS-X1 System from BT Imaging Inspects 3,600 Solar Wafers Per Hour

BT Imaging Pty Ltd (BTi), the world's leading supplier of luminescence-based inspection and quality control systems for the photovoltaic manufacturing industry, today announced the iLS-X1 inspection system that is specifically designed for cost-effective inline monitoring of solar photovoltaic electrical process quality.

7 Sep 2010

UL Certification Awarded to SoloPower's Flexible CIGS Modules

In a watershed breakthrough for the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, SoloPower, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of flexible, thin-film solar PV cells and modules, today announced UL certification for its flexible, CIGS modules, a first-ever achievement for the PV solar industry.

7 Sep 2010

Imec Presents High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells at PVSEC

At the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Valencia, Spain), imec presents several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency above 19%. Two types of cells were realized namely with A...

From IMEC 7 Sep 2010

New Book on Synthesis of Nanoparticles

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/144509/size_effects_in_me) has announced the addition of the "Size Effects in Metals, Semiconductors and Inorganic Compounds" report to their off...

7 Sep 2010

Research on Light Scattering Through Semiconductor Nanowires

Progress on controlling the growth and doping of semiconductor nanowires makes these structures promising building blocks for nanoelectronics and nanophotonics.

6 Sep 2010

Applied Materials to Showcase Latest PV Technology Advances

Applied Materials, Inc., the world's largest equipment supplier to the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, will highlight its latest technology advances in PV at the 25th European Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) this week in Valencia, Spain.

From Applied Materials Inc. 6 Sep 2010

Novel Electricity Generating System Based on Nanocomponents

Plants are good at doing what scientists and engineers have been struggling to do for decades: converting sunlight into stored energy, and doing so reliably day after day, year after year. Now some MIT scientists have succeeded in mimicking a key aspect of that process.

6 Sep 2010

imec Presents Several Large-Area Silicon Solar Cells with Conversion Efficiency Above 19 Percent

From IMEC 6 Sep 2010

New Low-Cost Etching Technique Puting Trillion Holes in Silicon Wafer

A new low-cost etching technique developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory can put a trillion holes in a silicon wafer the size of a compact disc.

From National Renewable Energy Laboratory 3 Sep 2010