Posts Tagged ‘Silicon’


IBM reclaims scrap wafers for solar cell industry

IBM today announced an innovative new semiconductor wafer reclamation process pioneered at its Burlington, Vermont manufacturing facility. The new process uses a specialized pattern removal technique to repurpose scrap semiconductor wafers — thin discs of silicon material used to imprint patterns that make finished semiconductor chips for computers, mobile phones, video games, and other consumer [...]

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Solar Revolution – Sphelar : Spherical Solar Cell : DigInfo

movie.diginfo.tv DigInfo News Embracing the move towards renewable energy sources, Kyosemi have revolutionized the design of the traditional solar cell, increasing it’s power generation efficiency and paving the way for innovative applications and a more economical use of raw materials. Sphelar is a spherical micro solar cell, which unlike traditional flat solar cells, can effectively [...]

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How is a solar cell produced – Q.CELLS

Q-Cells produces silicon-based photovoltaic cells and supplies the manufacturers of solar modules. In addition to continuously extending our product capacities, we constantly advance our production methods, thus setting industry standards. The goal of our consistent improvements is to increase the customer benefit and implement user-oriented innovations. Thus, in 2002 Q-Cells was the first company in [...]

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Solar Cell

An explanation of how solar cells work. Suitable for an introduction to solar energy. Share and Enjoy:

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See Through Solar Cells

Fifty years inthe making, solar-power cells are still flat, rigid, and ugly. But new research shows how they could be made lightweight, flexible, and transparent. These innovations could expand solar-cell use to things like solar fabrics and power generating windows. www.sciencentral.com Share and Enjoy:

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