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Top 5 new product reviews of 2008
In our first full year online, we have steadily increased the number of new products we have reviewed and also seen the new products section gain increasingly greater traffic levels throughout the year. Looking through the traffic numbers, we have identified the Top 5 most popular reviews of new products for your enjoyment.
New Product: Silicon Genesis produces 150um ‘Kerf-free’ PV wafers
Product Briefing Outline: Silicon Genesis has successfully produced solar substrates for the PV industry using its ‘kerf-free’ wafering process technology called ‘PolyMax’. The company has started production of the first ever kerf-free 150um solar-cell substrates at its new solar development and pilot production facility. In addition to saving poly, the wafers are claimed to be significantly more resistant to breakage than conventional wafers using its proprietary equipment.
New Product: Rohm and Haas’ ‘Enlight’ materials are designed for improved cell efficiencies
Product Briefing Outline: Rohm and Haas Company has launched its new line of ‘Enlight’ materials suite of products for crystalline silicon cell photovoltaic manufacturing. The Enlight product suite is designed to improve traditional solar cell processing by increasing cell efficiency and increasing manufacturing yields.
XeroCoat launches single-layer low-refractive index coating boosting module power conversion
Product Briefing Outline: XeroCoat Technology has entered the solar energy market targeting the solar thermal and solar photovoltaic segments with its antireflective coatings. The XeroCoat antireflective coatings are claimed increase conversion efficiency and, consequently, the power output of solar systems, while being of low cost.
New Product: XeroCoat launches single-layer low-RI coating boosting module power conversion
Product Briefing Outline: XeroCoat Technology has entered the solar energy market targeting the solar thermal and solar photovoltaic segments with its anti-reflective coatings. The XeroCoat anti-reflective coatings are claimed to increase conversion efficiency and, consequently, the power output of solar systems, while being of low cost. The combination of a single-layer optical coating and graded low refractive index enables XeroCoat's anti-reflective coating to achieve the highest attainable optical performance for any type of solar cover glass, the company claims. XeroCoat is actively engaged in demonstrating the technology to several leading photovoltaic module and solar thermal system manufacturers.
New Product: Veeco’s Dektak 150 surface profiler offers 10nm thin film resolution
Product Briefing Outline: Veeco Instruments recently
launched the Dektak 150 Surface Profiler, which is designed to monitor
thin films of advanced PVs as well as critical surface roughness, key
for optimal absorption of photons. The standard Dektak 150 utilizes a
newly designed 4 x 4-inch X-Y stage with manual theta. It can be
configured with a 4-inch Y auto stage that enables 3D imaging, or
equipped with a 6-inch X-Y auto stage that, in addition to 3D mapping,
provides automation and programmability of over 200 sample sites. With
the scan-stitching package, the system can perform even longer scans
for stress measurements on larger wafers. Other stage features include
wafer alignment pins for ease of use, three-point suspension for
stress, lateral calibration for 99.9% accuracy, and a larger scan block
for improved baseline stability, according to the company.
Read more >>New Product: Dow Corning adds 3 new performance-based solar module materials to portfolio
Product Briefing Outline: Dow Corning's Solar Solutions Group has extended its product offerings for the global solar energy market with an encapsulant and two potting agents that have been tested and qualified for photovoltaic module applications. The PV 6010 Cell Encapsulant and the PV 7010 and PV 7020 Potting Agents have been developed to eliminate the guesswork when dealing with the potential solutions available today.
New Product: MM-16 from HORIBA Jobin Yvon collects full spectral ellipsometric data
Product Briefing Outline: HORIBA Jobin Yvon has
introduced the MM-16, a spectroscopic ellipsometer dedicated to the
advanced characterization of film thickness and optical constants for a
broad range of materials such as semiconductors, compounds, alloys and
organic thin films.
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