New Products
greater than 20% step up from existing provider on the
power levels, and the reduced $/Watt capi- market for lines for
tal equipment cost. www.Coherent.com/Solar contact-free metal-
lization for mass
production.
www.manz-automa-
tion.com
Komax group
introduces Xcell
3400
The Komax
Group’s XCell 3400
stringer for the
crystalline sector
features a soldering
Coherent’s AVIA™ laser product line.
head with non-
metallic ceramic
creative materials thin-film
hold-down pins and
solar silver conductive inks
contactless thermal
Creative Materials Inc. released a series of
feedback for low
silver conductive inks designed specifically
maintenance
Don’t make another PV cell
for the thin-film photovoltaic industry.
and a dramatic
The products offer high conductivity and
improvement in the
until you visit this site:
contact resistance and excellent adhesion
composition and
to a variety of transparent conductive
quality of soldered
www.improvesolaryields.com
oxides (TCOs). The conductive inks are
connections. Other
designed for use in grid lines and bus bars
features include the
and claim your FREE
printed onto the TCOs in thin-film solar
AccuTrack string
cells. These inks can be custom-formulated
transport system for contamination audit kit
to be printed by screen, rotogravure or
gentle handling, vi-
flexographic processes.
sual inspection and
One- and two-component curing epoxy sys-
optical alignment of
tems are offered. www.creativematerials.com
the crystalline cell, provider for the solar industry, released
total ribbon control due to the product’s its latest innovation for solar cell produc-
sputtering materials offering planar
technique of holding both ends of the ers: the In-Line Rapid Thermal Shock
targets for solar manufacturers
ribbon until the hold-down devices take (IL-RTS) tool, developed in response to the
Sputtering Materials Inc. (SMI), an innova-
control, and a precise contactless spray industry’s desire to reduce silicon usage by
tor of CIG thin film PVD target material
fluxing method designed to ensure a reli- using thinner wafers. The IL-RTS design
development and joining technologies, is
able soldering process. www.komaxgroup.com is based off of Despatch’s Rapid Thermal
offering high density (99%+) CIG planar
Shock product line, which is primarily
targets for thin film solar manufacturers.
new rotatable sputter targets used for testing the effect of thermal strain
Casted targets offer high density material
from Bekaert on electronic components. The new in-line
that enable technicians greater control and
Bekaert has developed a new range of version has taken the same technology and
better material utilization. Planar target
rotatable sputter target materials for the created a tool that is suitable for applying
sizes range from 2” dia to 6” dia and up to
deposition of TCO layers used in PV cells. a low temperature thermal profile to solar
6” x 6” tile casting for multi-tile CIG target
The transparent conductive oxide layers are cells. www.despatch.com
assemblies. SMI can also provide larger
essential building blocks for all thin film
custom sizes on a development basis.
PV (amorphous silicon (a-Si), cadmium hZB and sTangle developing inline
www.sputteringmaterials.com
telluride (CdTe) and CI(G)S)) applications thin-film solar deposition method
where optical transmission and electrical A new collaboration between Helmholtz-
manz automation introduces new
conductivity are required simultaneously. Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und
line for contact-free metallization
Bekaert’s rotatable sputter targets are one Energie GmbH, formerly the Hahn-Meit-
Manz Automation offers a new line for the
piece targets, capable of depositing various ner-Institut (HMI), and STANGL Semi-
contact-free application of metallic front
TCO layers such as ITO (e.g. In2O3:Sn) conductor Equipment AG are develooing
contacts to crystalline solar cells. This
and TiOx:Nb. Bekaert now adds to its production-scale equipment for alternative
method is possible thanks to the M³D aero-
TCO portfolio a new target material which buffer layer deposition in thin film solar
sol spray process provided by Optomec,
is AZO, Zinc Oxide doped with Aluminum cell fabrication. The Spray Ion Layer Gas
a strategic alliance partner. This process
oxide (1-2 wt%). www.bekaert.com Reaction (ILGAR) is a thin-film deposition
allows thinner solar cells to be produced
method developed and patented at the
that are, at the same time, significantly
Despatch introduces in-line tool Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien
more effective and lead to substantially
for solar cell production und Energie (HZB). www.stangl.de
lower production costs. Manz is the only
Despatch Industries, a process technology
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