Solar Films Articles & Analysis

What Are Sputtering Targets? Sputtering targets are the source materials for the preparation of sputtered thin films. In particular, high-purity sputtering targets are used in the physical vapor deposition (PVD) process for the manufacture of electronic components, and are key materials for the preparation of surface electronic films such as wafers, panels, and solar cells. In a vacuum state, ...

By Alfa Chemistry

A semiconductor material is one that conducts electricity between conductors and insulators at room temperature. Semiconductors are used in integrated circuits, consumer electronics, communication systems, photovoltaic power generation, lighting, high-power power conversion and other fields. Semiconductors are very important from both the technical and economic point of view. The core components ...

By Alfa Chemistry

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 ...

By Solliance Solar Research

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 ...

By Hiden Analytical Ltd.

XZBELEC Technology specialize in researching and designing optical instruments, including the IR power meter used to test the IR intensity and the UV power meter used to test the UV intensity, at the same time, these power meters can calculate the rejection rate. Especially apply in the test of automotive solar film, insulation film, insulation glass. UV-IR Power Meter FS2150 Sales kit LS122 IR ...

By Shenzhen Xingzhibang Inst. & Eqpt. Co., Ltd.

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 ...

By Hanergy Holding Group

XZBELEC Technology specialize in researching and designing optical instruments, including the IR power meter used to test the IR intensity and the UV power meter used to test the UV intensity, at the same time, these power meters can calculate the rejection rate. Especially apply in the test of automotive solar film, insulation film, insulation glass. UV-IR Power Meter FS2150 Sales kit Solar ...

By Shenzhen Xingzhibang Inst. & Eqpt. Co., Ltd.

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 ...

By Hiden Analytical Ltd.

Public lighting isn’t something that’s thought about very often–we doubt you’re raving about how there’s a new light system with a Type V light fixture at your favorite park. But something as mundane as a pathway light can actually be quite marvelous, especially if the light in question is an outdoor solar pathway light. These kinds of lights are highly ...

By Greenshine New Energy LLC

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 ...

By Greenshine New Energy LLC

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 ...

By SoloPower Systems, Inc.

The familiar umbrella has been redesigned for power harvesting from renewable energy sources resulting in the Eco-Brella . Several engineering technologies are utilised: aerodynamics for fin design, mechatronics for power management, materials for thermoelectric and solar film, CAD for the layout, and heat transfer for human comfort. The result is a sustainable design capable of harvesting ...

By Inderscience Publishers

Location: Padua, Italy Problem: Heat, Glare, Energy Efficiency Product: LLumar Helios RHE20 SI ER HPR Problem Despite modern glazing and cooling systems, the MG Tower of the University of Padua, Italy, suffered from excess heat gain, resulting in high energy consumption. In addition, cooling capacity was often not sufficient and the installation of additional cooling capacity would have led to ...

By ARC Window Films Ltd.

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 ...

By Inderscience Publishers

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 ...

By Greenshine New Energy LLC

During our recent webinar on the future of thin film, your peers sent in countless questions about how this burgeoning technology will fare in 2012. So, we went away and asked our industry contacts and upcoming conference speakers – read on to see iSuppli & Solar Buzz respond to your questions on the future of Thin Film for 2012 and beyond. When should we expect the next round of ...

By New Energy Update - Reuters Events

With fears of carbon dioxide causing global warming and diminishing supplies of fossil fuels, a looming energy crisis is affecting all countries. As a consequence, a great deal of world-wide effort is going into the development of alternative energy technologies. At present, wind, hydro and geothermal are becoming well established with more niche roles for tidal and solar. The latter technology ...

By Industrial Physics Product Integrity Limited

In the movie The Social Network, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want ads on an early version of his social network; he understands that first and foremost, his site has to be cool. And ads, he says, aren’t cool. Unlike Zuckerberg (well, at least in the beginning), the energy efficiency industry hasn’t quite grasped the value of being cool. It’s an industry that ...

By Energy Efficiency Markets LLC

Walmart (Bentonville, AR) announced that it plans to expand its renewable energy development initiatives through the adoption of thin-film solar technology at a number of its solar power development sites. The company is in the process of adding solar generating systems at 20 to 30 facilities in California and Arizona, and many of these sites will feature thin-film technology, the company said. ...

By Environmental Business International, Inc.

The demand for a TCO coated glass substrate as a base material and front electrode of the solar cells is expected to grow very strongly in the next few years. Therefore it is crucial to prepare the industrial tools and proper glass compositions to meet this very impressive demand. Mass production of extra clear glass and atmospheric pressure thermal CVD tool installed directly on the float glass ...

By Inderscience Publishers