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solar growth to Work with Spire
Semiconductor
QuantaSol has exclusively licensed
advanced materials growth technology from to Develop
the University of Houston to make its
manufacturing process simpler and cheaper,
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while further improving solar cell efficiency.
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“We’ve already tested the benefits of using
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Houston’s dilute nitride materials in the way The use of dilute nitrides will allow
we engineer quantum wells in our cells,” QuantaSol to reduce the number of
said Keith Barnham, CSO and co-founder quantum well layers it needs to introduce
of QuantaSol. “The exclusive worldwide into each junction, while maintaining or
licence is a strategic move to ensure we increasing solar efficiency. This further
maintain our performance advantage, and reduces the thickness and manufacturing
we will work with our colleagues in Houston cost of its production devices.
to develop the techniques further in
commercial production in 2010.” “This is the first major collaboration
QuantaSol has announced,” said Chris
QuantaSol combines nanostructures, Shannon, QuantaSol’s new CEO. “It
Spire Semiconductor is a complete
‘quantum wells’, of two or more different indicates just how close the company is
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compound semiconductor fabrication
facility dedicated to supporting its
alloys, in order to obtain synthetic crystals. getting to being able to produce very customers.
The crystalline structure can be tuned efficient devices in production quantities.”
Spire Semiconductor has its own MOCVD
during manufacture to overcome the
III-V and II-VI multi-wafer, multi-reactor
absorption problems associated with current “We are excited to cooperate with
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capabilities for high volume production
concentrator photo-voltaic (CPV) cell QuantaSol in its application of the basic
requirements.
designs. The quantum well effect also patents of Prof. Alex Freundlich on quantum Spire Semiconductor has a first-class
greatly enhances the photovoltaic well solar cells. These joint efforts will
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compound semiconductor device
fabrication facility with class 100
conversion efficiency, as already proven by advance solar cell technology and help
cleanrooms.
its recent world record efficiency single increase our use of renewable resources, “
junction device. Ultimately QuantaSol will said Alex Ignatiev, director, Center for
Spire Semiconductor’s engineering staff
produce highly efficient triple junction CPV Advanced Materials, and professor at the 4
has extensive experience in material
and device design, process development
devices in 2010. University of Houston.
and testing.
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Semiconductor’s engineers.
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Spire Semiconductor can manufacture
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for you.
CRAIC Technologies, an innovator of UV- microspectrophotometer standards and
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visible-NIR microanalysis solutions for sophisticated spectral analysis software, the 7
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scientific laboratories, announces the Microspectra 10 is a powerful tool needed
Microspectra 10 UV-visible-NIR microscope in any laboratory.
Working with Spire Semiconductor will
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keep you ahead of your competition.
spectrophotometer. This system is
specifically designed to be added to the “CRAIC Technologies has been involved
open photoport of any optical microscope to with UV-visible-NIR microanalysis since its
enable it to be used to acquire spectra of founding. We have helped to advance the
Edward D. Gagnon
General Manager,
microscopic samples. field of microscale analysis with innovative Spire Semiconductor
instrumentation, research and teaching.
Depending upon the microscope’s
configuration, the Microspectra 10 is The Microspectra 10 microscope
capable of UV-visible-NIR range spectrophotometer is a cost effective
spectroscopy by absorbance, transmission, solution for a laboratory to begin microscale
reflectance and fluorescence. Applications spectral analysis” states Dr. Paul Martin,
are numerous and include quality control of President of CRAIC Technologies. “CRAIC
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