L R AS Published on Sunday 12 November 2023 - n° 465 - Categories:thin layers
CIGS thin film achieves 17.5% efficiency
The CIGS (copper, indium, gallium and selenide) thin film from the American company Ascent Solar achieves an efficiency of 17.5%. The 17% figure is important because
L R AS Published on Saturday 2 September 2023 - n° 455 - Categories:thin layers
Process for producing coloured, flexible thin-film panels
South Koreans have developed a process for producing coloured, flexible thin-film panels suitable for integrated photovoltaic applications.
L R AS Published on Sunday 22 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:thin layers
New method of producing a CdTe cell
American researchers have developed a cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cell using a peeling method that would ensure greater crystallinity of the cadmium sulphide film.
AS Published on Saturday 5 November 2022 - n° 423 - Categories:thin layers
Toledo Solar to sell thin film in Europe
US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film panel manufacturer Toledo Solar recently announced an expansion of its production capacity
L R AS Published on Monday 8 November 2021 - n° 381 - Categories:thin layers
Solar Frontier abandons thin films
Japan's Solar Frontier abandons thin film by June 2022, and launches 250W monocrystalline panel
L R AS Published on Sunday 17 May 2020 - n° 322 - Categories:thin layers
Toledo Solar starts production of thin layers with cadmium telluride (CdTe)
The American company Toledo Solar is starting up the production of thin layers with cadmium telluride (CdTe), which is First Solar's speciality.
L R AS Published on Monday 16 March 2020 - n° 313 - Categories:thin layers
Armor films on the Cité des Congrès of Nantes
Engie tests Armor sun protection films. They are glued on the metallic sunbreakers of a glass façade of the Cité des Congrès in Nantes. The surface covered
L R AS Published on Monday 9 March 2020 - n° 312 - Categories:R&D , thin layers
Flexible CIGS solar cell with an efficiency of 20.4%.
Koreans from the KIER Institute obtained a flexible CIGS solar cell with an efficiency of 20.4%. This is close to the record
R AS Published on Saturday 1 February 2020 - n° 307 - Categories:thin layers
Produce cadmium telluride (CdTe) at half the price
American researchers at Washington State University in partnership with NREL have announced a new manufacturing process to produce cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic panels, which they say is 45 per cent cheaper than current industry standards.
Large quantities of
AS Published on Sunday 12 January 2020 - n° 304 - Categories:thin layers
Thin layers are neglected. Wrongly
Why are thin layers forgotten in the West?
They account for 5% of annual PV panel installations worldwide. First Solar has proven that thin-film solar can be 2.5 to 3 times more capital efficient than crystalline silicon (taking into account the entire process from polysilicon to panel assembly). It is
L R AS Published on Sunday 8 December 2019 - n° 301 - Categories:thin layers
A CIGS panel with a surface area of 0.72 m² (120 x 60 cm) at 17.6% efficiency
The German-Chinese company Nice Solar Energy has set a new world efficiency record of 17.6% for a CIGS panel with a surface area of 0.72 m² (120 x 60 cm). This joint venture
L R AS Published on Sunday 8 December 2019 - n° 301 - Categories:couches minces
Les couches minces sont le meilleur moyen de se faire une place dans le photovoltaïque
Il y a quinze ou vingt ans, il y avait 150 sociétés spécialisées sur les différentes sortes de couches minces. C'étaient surtout des sociétés de recherche plutôt que des entreprises qui mettaient l'accent sur la vente de produits. Une seule, First Solar, a compris qu'il lui fallait organiser un système de vente. Aujourd’hui,
L R AS Published on Monday 18 November 2019 - n° 298 - Categories:thin layers
Miasole reaches 18.6% with a CIGS panel
Miasolé, a subsidiary of the Chinese company Hanergy, obtained a conversion rate of 18.6% on a CIGS panel of
L R AS Published on Saturday 13 July 2019 - n° 285 - Categories:couches minces
Miasolé obtient une conversion de 17,4 %
Miasolé, filiale américaine d'Hanergy indique avoir obtenu un taux de conversion de 17,4 % sur un large panneau CIGS
PV Magazine du 9 juillet
L R AS Published on Saturday 13 July 2019 - n° 285 - Categories:thin layers
New application of Armor's flexible PV film
Armor has installed its flexible photovoltaic films both outside and inside (as a shade sail) market garden greenhouses. 43 m² have been deployed