Record Makes Thin-Film Solar Cell Competitive with Silicon Efficiency
It was great to learn that the team at NREL have broken their own record and achieved 19.9% efficient CIGS solar cell. http://www.nrel.gov/news/press/...
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Halogen-Free vs. Halide-Free
There is a significant push in the electronics industry to produce “halogen-free” products in order to be more environmentally friendly. ...
Design Options for Metal Thermal Interface Materials in LEDs
With the Strategies in Light show just behind us, I thought it a good time to discuss a little further the use of metal thermal interface materials......
Indium Corporation Wall Chart
Do you have a 2’ x 3’ area on the wall of your office or cubical for the latest new and improved Indium Corporation Wall Chart? a......
Why Thin-Film Solar Cells are Here to Stay
Apart from independence from silicon, thin-film solar cells have several advantages. On perfect day and perfect conditions crystalline silicon solar c...
Do LEDs need pure metal thermal interface materials?
Simply stated, YES. In effort to stay on top of industry technology I spend as much time as I can afford attempting to learn about the current thermal...
Package-on-Package Paste Leveling (1/5)
This is the first of a series of entries dealing with tips for Package-on-Package assembly. A logical place to begin is material deposition. It is imp...
Synchronize Your Solar Cell
Many people do not consider either semiconductors or solar cells as having any moving parts. But this is not completely true. Indeed, every solar cell...
Solar Conversion Efficiencies
Following the recent surge in the prices of crude oil futures and the rally of solar stocks, we are stuck with wide range views on the future of PV......
Government Support is the Key
Last week I attended the Tech Valley Energy Forum at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at Albany. The keynote speakers were Patrick J. ...
People Having Shipments Rejected Due to Packaging
Folks, As I said in a recent posting, the Packaging Directive has been around for 12 years so I didn’t expect many problems with the packaging t...
Tin Pest in Scandinavian Church Organ Pipes
Annika writes: Dear Dr. Ron, I’m a chemist and a PhD student working in the field of atmospheric corrosion of lead and lead-tin alloys in histor...