Over the past few decades, silicon-based solar cells have been used in the photovoltaic
(PV) industry because of the abundance of silicon material and the mature fabrication …

Silicon (Si) is currently the most mature and reliable semiconductor material in the industry,
playing a pivotal role in the development of modern microelectronics, renewable energy …

Using kerf-free wafering technologies material losses in semiconductor manufacturing
processes can be reduced drastically. By the use of externally applied stress, crystalline …

We report high efficiency cell processing technologies for the ultra-thin Si solar cells based
on crystalline Si thin foils (below a 50 µm thickness) produced by the proton implant …

A process for fabricating free-standing epitaxial silicon thin films for low-cost, high efficiency
silicon solar cells is proposed. The films are first grown (via chemical vapor deposition) on …

The major barrier for PV penetration is cost. And the single most important cost factor in
silicon technology is the wafer (≈ 35% of the module cost). Although tremendous progress …

In this work, we report recent results of solar cells fabricated on silicon foils obtained by the
Stress induced LIft-off Method (SLIM)-cut technique using an epoxy stress-inducing layer …

Despite having world record efficiencies, high costs associated with deposition and the
substrate have barred III-V entry into terrestrial PV markets. Substrate reuse technology …

The Silicon on Dust Substrate (SDS) is a gas-to-wafer process that produces multicrystalline
silicon ribbons directly from gaseous feedstock (silane), avoiding the standard industry steps …

We present the results achieved with an optical zone melting recrystallization (ZMR) system,
which concentrates the radiation of two halogen lamps on the surface of a microcrystalline …