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  1. The problems and possibilities of thin film CIGS solar cells

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    Tue, 1 Jan 2008

    diselenide (CIGS), but controlling film composition is a big hurdle to commercialization. Some companies producing CIGS solar cells have had trouble getting “good” cells consistently in commercial volumes. Can this variability be solved through

  2. CIGS solar cells fabbed with inkjet printers at OSU

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    Tue, 28 Jun 2011

    Oregon State University has printed a working CIGS thin film solar cell with inkjet technologies and safe, stable solutions. The team hopes to bring the inkjet CIGS photovoltaic efficiency up to 12%.

  1. XsunX confirms 16.3% top efficiency for CIGS solar cells

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    Wed, 13 Jul 2011

    XsunX, hybrid thin-film photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing process developer, had its copper-indium-gallium-(di)selenide (CIGS) photovoltaics technology certified at 16.3% top efficiency by the NREL.

  2. Veeco enters into strategic partnership with Daiyang Metal Co. of Korea

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    Thu, 5 Mar 2009

    plan to become a leading worldwide manufacturer of CIGS solar cells . Our short term goal is to aggressively ramp to 200MW ..... in 2015 (a 30x increase over 2008’s 152 MW). CIGS solar cells offer the broadest range of applications of any thin

  3. Vitex touts flexible CIGS lifetime achievement

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    Thu, 12 Jun 2008

    protecting flexible copper indium gallium selenide ( CIGS ) solar cells with its "Flexible Glass," achieving 1100 hrs of ..... and oxygen, and commercially-available flexible CIGS solar cells typically carry a lifetime guarantee of only a couple

  4. Thin film CIGS PV maker orders Dark Field inspection tools

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    Wed, 18 May 2011

    Dark Field Technologies won an order for multiple thin film PV inspection and metrology systems with a value in excess of US$500,000 from a top tier manufacturer of high-efficiency copper indium gallium di-selenide ( CIGS ) solar cells .

  5. CIGS cells depend on web of conductors

    Online Articles

    Thu, 17 Jan 2008

    In crystalline silicon solar cells, getting carriers from the junction to the cell electrodes -- i.e., efficiency -- is straightforward. Companies producing CIGS solar cells , however, have had trouble getting "good" cells consistently in commercial volumes, and measurements reveal a more complex ...

  6. 17.6% efficiency flexible CIGS solar cell on plastic developed at EMPA

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    Wed, 30 Jun 2010

    14.1% efficiency flexible CIGS solar cells on polymer film. Now, collaborating ..... well as metal foils. Flexible CIGS solar cells on metal foils with highest efficiency ..... manufacturing of high efficiency flexible CIGS solar cells will pave the way for substantial

  7. PV analysts: Cautious optimism for 2010

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    Fri, 1 Jan 2010

    mass production equipment for CIGS solar cells with 12% efficiency in August ..... technology, a known bottleneck for CIGS solar cells under the current mass production ..... to a new PV industry cycle for CIGS solar cells , led by greater capacity

  8. Pulsed fiber laser takes on Q switched lasers for PV apps ESI

    Online Articles

    Mon, 7 Feb 2011

    solar applications , e.g., scribing of thin film CIGS solar cells , about a year ago. In a podcast interview at Photonics ..... very precise configuration, we are able to scribe CIGS solar cells -- the P2 and the P3 processes -- that previously

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