At EU PVSEC in September in Hamburg Heraeus Noblelight presents Specialty lighting products for photovoltaics.
EU PVSEC
26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC)
Hamburg
5.-9. September
Stand A4/B9
Heraeus will present (shared booth A4/B9) the latest product developments for the various generations of solar cells. präsentiert die neuesten Produktentwicklungen für die verschiedenen Solarzellen-Generationen. Infrared emitters, sputtering targets, quartz glass components, and silver conductive pastes play a role in the manufacture of high-quality silicon and thin-film solar cells.
Specialty emitters from UV to infrared make solar cells more efficient
Solar cells and modules have to be tested to check production quality, characterize the cells, and assign them to performance categories. Only perfectly matched cells are ultimately combined into one module, which requires reliable and reproducible light sources that mimic the full spectrum of the sun’s light rays as closely as possible. Xenon flash lamps—from small and circular to linear and up to two meters long—accomplish this.
Infrared emitters are part of a project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Four partners are working on system designs with the aim of researching a new manufacturing process for CIGS semiconductor layers that will attain the highest levels of module efficiency. The partner for heating technology is Heraeus Noblelight, which has decades of experience in infrared heating technology. Typically, the manufacture of solar cells uses QRC infrared emitters with nano reflectors, which perform their tasks in a vacuum or under high-temperature conditions in a particularly stable and energy efficient manner.
