Valerie Thompson

Germany-based Centrotherm has launched The c.Plasma Q Max, a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) tool targeted at manufacturers of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) cell technologies, including those upgrading from mainstream passive ... See more

U.S.-based inspection equipment manufacturer Brightspot Automation has launched Plus-Spot, a non-contact photoluminescence (PL) imaging tool to reveal defects, such as cell cracks, thin-film shunts in panels, and other non-uniformities. It is suitable for... See more

A group of academic, industrial, and institutional researchers, participating in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium, have published a perspective paper in Joule on the prospect of expanding production of cadmium tellu... See more

The Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics (Fraunhofer CSP) in Germany is developing printing and color technology for conventional silicon PV module cover glass, thin glass sheets and foils. It is intended to be a retrofit solution for panels used o... See more

A group of academic, industrial, and institutional researchers, participating in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium, have published a perspective paper in Joule on the prospect of expanding production of cadmium tellu... See more