New Products
getting more shadowing of the cell. to the needs of the solar industry. The
The parallelism of squeegee, screen and ELASTOSIL® Solar line products
substrate are highly precise and easy to feature a UV-activated specialty silicone
calibrate with the screen printer SP900-S. and pourable, highly translucent
Therefore, it is especially suitable for the silicone elastomers for molding optical
metalization of solar cells based on mono- parts employed in high-concentration
and polycrystalline silicon wafers. photovoltaic modules. All ELASTOSIL®
The machine is usable as inline and Solar grades are resistant to weathering,
stand-alone equipment and is applicable radiation and heat, making them ideal
for process development in the laboratory for bonding, sealing, laminating and
as well as for fully automatic production. encapsulating photovoltaic modules and
Wafer magazine handling on the input and their electronic components.
output side are also availiable. Wafers from
of standard metallization applications. The
ELASTOSIL® Solar 2120 UV
100 up to 210 mm edge length and 100 to
new XSR1 also featuers a paper interleaf
encapsulant is a UV-activated silicone
500 µm thickness are printable.
between the print nest and the substrate
elastomer that cures at room temperature
www.essemsolar.com
which make cleaning easy and avoids any
without any additional heat. Curing of the
print nest contamination. Throughput is
silicone encapsulant at room temperature—
aSyS introducing printer for
currently rated at 1,600 cells per hour with
until now a time-consuming process—is
selective emitter, MWT & ribbon a repeatability of +/- 10 micron. effected in just a few minutes.
material www.asys-group.com
ELASTOSIL® Solar 3210 for high-
The new XSR1 solar printer from
concentration PV (HCPV) systems
ASYS is a rotary table printer that has WacKer showcases new silicone
is a two-part rubber that is pourable
specifically been developed for demanding
product line for photovoltaic
and is characterized by very good light
applications in the Solar Industry. Typical
applications
permeability (transmission). It is thus
applications are selective emitter, metal
The Munich-based WACKER Group is
ideally suited for the production of optical
wrap through technology, ribbon material
expanding its existing silicone range with
lenses and moldings, for example Fresnel
and ultrathin wafers, as well the hole range
a new product line geared specifically
lenses. www.wacker.com
Technological developments— twice the efficiency of traditional PV SolFocus in achieving this first of its
continued from page 26 systems, but meeting the IEC’s rigorous kind IEC CPV certification. In addition
CPV requirements proves that SolFocus to certification to the IEC standard,
technology to solve this problem. The new
systems can perform consistently across a SolFocus has also just had its SF-1100
module uses laser-scribing technology on
variety of climates and environments. This modules approved by the California
a glass substrate. Organic semiconductor
validation sends a message to developers, Energy Commission (CEC) to be placed
materials are deposited on the substrate
investors and customers that CPV is on on the Eligible California Solar Initiative
and then divided into several cells with the
track to global commercialization.” (CSI) Solar Electric Equipment List. This
laser. The technology eliminates the need
The IEC 62108 standard for listing assures customers that the solar
for, deposition mask patterning, which is
photovoltaic concentrators and equipment has been thoroughly tested for
used in conventional methods. The new
receivers was created to verify the safety and meets the requirements of the
module is highly integrated and should
safety, photoelectric performance and CEC. SolFocus remains the only CPV
improve sunlight conversion efficiency.
environmental reliability of panels system manufacturer to achieve CEC
designed with CPV technology and listing, which is required for customers
SolFocus becomes first company
ready to be introduced to this emerging in California to receive rebates for energy
to receive Iec certification on cpV
marketplace. The standard was designed produced by solar systems.
modules
to be universal, taking into account The SolFocus CPV design employs a
SolFocus’ SF-1000P module is the first
different environments and manufacturing system of reflective optics to concentrate
CPV product to meet the rigorous perfor-
technologies across geographies. The sunlight 650 times onto small, highly
mance, qualification, and safety standards
SolFocus system was shown to meet all efficient solar cells. SolFocus systems use
of the International Electrotechnical
requirements of the IEC 62108 standard, approximately 1/1,000th of the active,
Commission (IEC) 62108 standard. The
which specifies the design qualification expensive solar cell material compared
IEC is the world’s leading organization
and type approval of concentrator to traditional photovoltaic panels and is
that prepares and publishes international
photovoltaic modules and assemblies built primarily with readily available and
standards for electrical and electronic
suitable for long-term operation in cost-effective materials such as aluminum
technologies.
general open-air climates. The electrical, and glass, delivering zero emissions
“The real-world testing conducted
mechanical, and thermal characteristics of energy, with the lowest carbon footprint
for the IEC CPV standard proves that
the SolFocus CPV system were shown to in manufacturing being over 97-percent
SolFocus systems meet the performance,
be safe, high-performing and capable of recyclable.
qualification, and reliability criteria critical
withstanding prolonged exposure in varied
in bringing CPV to a truly global scale,”
climates.
said Mark Crowley, president and chief
Certification specialist Six 9’s
executive officer of SolFocus. “We have
Reliable, L.L.C. and Photovoltaic Testing
already proven that CPV can yield nearly
Lab TÜV Rheinland PTL worked with
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