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Scaling-up PV fabs? Make tagging your friend
Solar cell manufacturing technologies are advancing and proliferating. To avoid confusion and potential hazards when your fab goes from a handful of people to hundreds, implement an equipment tagging system, says blogger Steve Blaine, CH2M HILL.
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OLED process dev aim of Moser Baer's DOE $2.9M grant
The US DOE is giving Moser Baer $2.9 million to reduce the cost of manufacturing high-efficiency OLED lighting panels via improved processing steps.
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SolRayo nanotechnology improves high-temp lithium batteries
SolRayo completed its Phase I STTR work with a successful nano coating that improves lithium battery life by a factor of 3 in high-temperature extreme environments. The company is looking to a Phase II grant and commercial partners.
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3D IC with TSV show significant advances in last 12 months
Dr. Phil Garrou summarizes the significant commercial strides made over the past 12 months in 3D IC integration -- as defined vs. other "3D" technologies -- thanks to the promised combination of low cost and high performance.
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DuPont, Innovalight see synergies in selective emitters
PV materials firm DuPont and "silicon ink" provider Innovalight come at the selective emitter from both ends, promising improved conversion efficiencies.
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CNSE adds mask aligner for MEMS fab
ClassOne Equipment sold its 150th mask aligner, which will be installed in the Smart System Technology & Commercialization Center of the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at UAlbany.
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DoE to invest $50 Million to advance solar manufacturing in the U.S.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a new program where $50 million will be invested over two years for the SUNPATH program, aimed to help the nation reclaim its competitive edge in solar manufacturing.
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Graphene creates flexible film to rival ITO
Rice University researchers combined single-layer graphene with a fine aluminum nanowire mesh to create a transparent, flexible, conductive material to rival the more expensive indium tin oxide (ITO) in LEDs, displays, and solar cells.
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SEMI convenes system-in-package summit alongside SEMICON Taiwan
SEMI will hold the first-ever SiP Global Summit, September 7-9, co-located with SEMICON Taiwan. Three forums cover system in package (SiP) test, the "3D IC era," and the requirements of mobile electronics.
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Materials integration, new architectures are top priority at 22nm
David Lazovsky , CEO, Intermolecular, San Jose, CA USA F or a number of years, there has been growing awareness of the importance of new materials in contributing to ongoing progress along the Moore's Law curve. Today, we're seeing not only the first-order effects of this, like high-k/metal gates
