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Photovoltaics Manufacturing
07/21/2011
Speaker(s): Corey Dunskey, President , Aeos Consulting, Inc.
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Recent years have been an exciting time for the photovoltaics (PV) industry, as annual worldwide installations have skyrocketed. This webcast provides an overview of the laser applications that have received most attention over the past five years. Corey Dunskey of Aeos Consulting describes the PV device structures and issues that motivate each laser process as a potential manufacturing solution, provides detail on the lasers and laser techniques used, and gives a status update.

Corey Dunskey President Aeos Consulting, Inc.  
Precision Glass & Optics :

Precision Glass & Optics, an expert in optical manufacturing and thin film coatings for over 25 years, offers ruggedized coatings for extreme solar environments.  Anti-reflective (AR) coatings for solar panels and heat absorption coatings to maximize the heat absorption properties of solar collectors are now available.  PG&O delivers reliable, thin film coatings for a wide variety of photovoltaic applications, including anti-reflective for solar tube exteriors, highly reflective for internal solar system parts, ITO coatings for increased photo transmission, and specialty coatings for heat absorption.  For more information on PG&O’s solar thin film coatings, please visit:  www.pgo.com.

Sensors Unlimited :

Sensors Unlimited (part of Goodrich ISR Systems) provides the most effective solar cell inspection tools using shortwave infrared (SWIR) imaging products that detect light where silicon is totally transparent. Our powerful, sensitive SWIR cameras quickly identify cell defects and variations, as well as voids and abnormalities in silicon boules, bricks or ingots before they are sliced into wafers.  Using electroluminescence or photoluminescence, they also reveal non-uniformities, cracks and defects within PV cells and across solar cell panels. These tools are also effective with thin films and concentrated PV technologies, helping all PV manufacturers to improve yield, product quality and collection efficiency, ensuring their customers delivery of the maximum power at the lowest cost. System integrators use these tools to match cell and panel efficiencies and diagnose unbalanced systems, thus preventing hazardous installations.  Get more out of your photovoltaics with SWIR inspection tools.

We manufacture a complete line of SWIR imaging and detection products for machine vision, defense, and industrial applications. Our innovative InGaAs-based SWIR products include high resolution cameras, high-speed SWIR linescan imagers, and more. They require no external cooling, use standard optics and lens mounts, and feature CameraLink® interfaces.