[nanoPost] Nano-scale amorphous silicon layers for solar cells

Company Switzerland

The company manufactures light, thin and flexible PV cells, using a proprietary thin film coating technology.

With the aim to achieve significantly lower production costs, the company has industrialised the process to deposit a single amorphous silicon layer on low cost plastic substrates.

A Chemical Vapour Deposition Process is used to coat a substrate with nano-scale amorphous silicon layers (0.3 µm). The process has a deposition rate 5 times higher  than conventional radio frequency plasma deposition processes, thus resulting in a shorter deposition time.

The process temperature is also substantially lower, thus allowing the coating of plastic substrates.

Access the contact details for this post by subscribing to premium content membership. For more details on premium content membership see our membership and fees page >> or contact info@nanoposts.com, Tel: +44(0)1786 474768.