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NREL better use of robot manufacturing thin film solar cells

Posted by admin on March 31, 2010
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U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed an automated robot can process thin film solar cells, and can analyze and test the performance of abnormal cells in the battery. The laboratory results to industrial efficiency and accuracy are combined to produce solar cells with high efficiency. hp Pavilion dv4 battery  hp Pavilion dv6 battery

 

NREL has developed the robot can handle thin film solar cells, batteries and can detect defects.

 

The heart of the system is a robotic transfer unit can be fully implemented in a treatment room sealed metal vacuum and deposited on the surface layer of thin nano-chemicals, transformed into semiconductors. Semiconductor completed, the robot can analyze technical failures, the extent of absorption of light, then prepare for the next batch of six metal plates.

 

This robot is only about 35 minutes in the six-inch square glass plates, plastic or metal surface treated silicon.

 

U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) scientists Repin Ingrid said: “In the past, we need to go into a lab … 2 … 3 … 4 … 5 to perform the same steps.” F3172A PB995A 338794-001

 

NREL plans to integrate its development processes and the transformation of laboratory five robots such. Two robots use copper indium gallium selenium (CIGS) or cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin film semiconductor solar cell processing, while the rest of the robot will be used for silicon.

 

The rest of the system will provide the platform for a wide variety of materials in the photovoltaic material deposited on the surface. The system will also provide materials and equipment testing tool.

 

It is said, CIGS and CdTe solar panel manufacturing and installation costs are much lower than the silicon solar panels. The company and the researchers are both technologies to improve conversion efficiency. 361742-001 371785-001 417066-001

 

The production of thin film solar cells need to file a substrate layer or layers of photovoltaic materials, deposits of the defect will affect the overall conversion efficiency of the battery, and sustainability.

 

The device can be used for solar panels on the materials used for basic research and development, which will allow researchers at different stages of processing defects and impurities have been studied.

 

NREL Senior Scientist Miguel Contreras said: “This system allows us not to do before, and will help us better understand what causes the limits of battery efficiency, and how to improve industrial productivity.” Latitude CPi battery Latitude CPX battery

 

NREL has developed two technologies to use solar cells. The laboratory has two conversion efficiency world record solar energy technologies. In 2005, the company used cells CIGS solar conversion efficiency is 19.9% in 2001, the laboratory made use of conversion efficiency CdTe solar cells of 16.5%.

 

However, the realization of this conversion efficiency has been conducted in laboratory conditions. The company plans to use automated robots to improve methods of treatment, bringing these improvements, the method is applied to the commercial production of solar panels. compaq EVO N400c battery compaq EVO N410c battery

 

Repin for president next year, the company produced a total film of a mile long solar cells while ensuring that the battery has 16% of the ideal conversion efficiency, and lower raw materials, manufacturing and installation costs.

 

Thin film solar cells are rapidly occupied crystalline silicon solar panel market. The market research iSuppli Corporation Company reports that by 2013 the installed capacity of speaking, the thin film solar cell industry in the overall market share of solar panel from 14% in 2008 to 30%.compaq EVO N400 battery compaq EVO N410 battery

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All solid-state lithium batteries continue to appear, and solar batteries “integration”

Posted by admin on March 30, 2010
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Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries and lithium-polymer battery, the trend of strong growth. Among them, vendors have begun selling products (Table 1). Because after a solid product with unprecedented characteristics, it is expected to open new applications. PA3285U-1BRS  PA3285U-2BRS

 

All solid-state lithium-ion polymer battery, or using materials like solid electrolyte battery. As the total absence of use of the phenomenon of leakage of electrolyte does not occur, greatly reducing the risk of fire and explosion. In addition, most products have also the thickness of only a few μ ~ 100μm (excluding the bottom), light weight and characteristics of flexible backplane. However, there is also a power density of small and range of temperatures close subjects.

 

These questions have recently been significantly improved, there are a number of technologies have entered the practical phase. For example, South Korea’s GS Caltex Corporation to produce ultra-thin, postage stamp format lithium-ion battery, and has begun sample shipments of Japan and other places. Although the volume itself is 0.5mAh, but the volume of the energy density of over 800Wh / L, the regular lithium-ion battery in two or higher. Charge a higher rate, and up to 50C. apple PowerBook G4 12 inch battery apple MacBook 13 inch battery

 

The key is experience and know-how

 

GS Caltex manufacturing equipment and battery manufacturing experience are ULVAC (ULVAC) provide. ULVAC provide “an ordinary sputtering with the manufacture of devices, in addition to positive and negative electrodes, the electrolyte layer can be made. But it is also expected to expand significantly the area (ULVAC). However, such a battery that can not be manufactured, “the high temperature treatment temperature management of manufacturing experience and know-how is key to performance” (ULVAC).

 

Jiao Ma Technology (GEOMATEC) and Iwate University has also developed the use of sputtering to produce positive and negative electrodes and the electrolyte layer stack of all-solid lithium-ion battery. However, the characteristics of the battery and GS Caltex different. For example, the “do not require processing at high temperature treatment, using the substrate resin film may be” (Iwate University, Shou racetrack). However, the capacity is only about 0.1mAh . The reason is “not used lithium anode, the voltage is lower” (Race Course Shou). M8403 A1079 A1008

 

Expectations for large area devices

 

The use of the two cases above is the development of technology for manufacturing semiconductors. Out light Kosan and Mie Prefecture Industrial Support Center has chosen to delay the process of manufacturing semiconductors, and strive to reduce costs significantly. However, both sides of the technology in the practical need to pay a bigger effort.

 

Idemitsu Kosan few years ago in the development of the solid electrolyte powder, lithium-sulphide salt (Idemitsu Kosan) and all-solid lithium-ion battery. There are two main recent advances: size business card size increased A6, to the previous output when the required number of kgf/cm2 pressure. However, there are still folded homogeneous and issues of the electrolyte, the need to further improve the manufacturing process. Inspiron E1705 battery Latitude D410 battery

 

Idemitsu Kosan is studying the use of sulfur powder to form a homogeneous class method electrolyte layer (a). Mie Prefecture Industrial Support Center in order to reduce the electrolyte and the surface resistance between the electrodes is currently under study in the electrodes on the smear after the resin solution by the formation of the polymer cross-linking method (b).

 

Mie Prefecture Industrial Support Center using the resin as electrolyte. Because it is “non-gelatinous resin dry leak-free” (part of the main center for Business Innovation Ping-ming, director general of Iraq) to roll to roll method is suitable for mass production. Latitude D420 battery Latitude D430 battery However, there are still some practical issues to overcome. The center “will work in reducing surface resistance so that the output voltage is doubled the current (Iraq Ping Ming), studying leaf surface electrode type resin solution to allow the associated tower drying methods.

 

These batteries are used for general electrical products, if capacity is not enough. Therefore, “yet can not find the help of examples used yet to emerge.”

 

To break this situation, the most promising approach is “the cellular structure at several levels to increase capacity on the basis of solar cells and other large-scale use of the devices used in combination.” If, along this direction, then the future is also expected to change the device to use a large area Latitude D500 battery Latitude D505 battery

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Active marriage institutions share market returns, Fengxian drang private enterprises can produce more than 200 million yuan benefits battery

Posted by admin on March 29, 2010
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“The production and research,” we have said for years, but there are still many companies, institutes, colleges and universities either do not know how to use power, or else they have patents, techniques exist, but a long period will not change the goods can not enter the market. Inspiron 9200 battery Inspiron B120 battery DeLong, but private companies may do, are on the market, facing the sea, can not fail to take the “production and research, “three-way flaps. a large family property, because it does not engage in research and development to go it alone, nor can lock the core technology is enough to live comfortably in the laboratory. Only institutions to benefit from scientific research, the rapid evolution of technology products, and industry to maximize efficiencies. This initiative is a market that has forced Out, is extreme.

 

A “strange” phenomenon is remarkable, compared to some “Big Brother”, Tech private enterprise in processing technology to industry, but much more quickly and directly. We say that the emergences of high-tech industries need to have private companies have joined, they have this sense of “transformation of desire” is one of the reasons. From this point, said Brad DeLong, may be worth considering. Inspiron B130 battery Latitude D410 battery

 

More recently, private companies located in the Lang Fengxian Haide could Battery Co., Ltd. is engaged and Australia, with the University of Wulong tribute to declare something new project. Dr. Chen Yao, Director General of the introduction and cooperation projects in three cell has been funding the Australian Government is now Union University, and local electric vehicle manufacturer with the statement programs purely electric vehicles. Chen Yao smiled and told reporters the company has recently returned from Beijing as “the most capacity of independent innovation of enterprises” in the title. As an investment of only 60 million yuan of hi-tech private companies can always stand in the forefront of technology is inseparable from taking advantage of university research institutes at home and abroad, take the road combining production and research. Latitude D800 battery Latitude D810 battery

 

In October 2001, Gong Wu Yao Long Chen is a graduate of the University and three other “returnees” Dr. DeLong has invested 5 million yuan to set up companies to start projects of the lithium-ion is the first time Mainland China has a cylindrical lithium ion battery technology production, production house.

 

University Study in Australia, working for many years chenyao namely production companies and research cooperation, scientific and technological reach the road, but hundreds of millions of test equipment advanced at every turn, we healthy lean private companies can not afford. “Magnify construction of the “Joint Lab” The idea, Dr. DeLong energy team consensus: “Do meta-level” laboratory in key institutions at universities have a higher rate. Company to cooperate with colleges and universities in advanced R & D and advanced research and development, testing equipment, the company is processing. The two sides complement each other, sharing intellectual property rights and market returns. Latitude X1 battery XPS M2010 battery

 

Its inception, the company is with Gong Wu Long-class university in the world rankings Institute of Superconducting and Electronic Materials to establish a long-term joint R & D of lithium iron phosphate power of battery and system power management development “project. The project supported by the Australian Government, Australian Delan $ 60,000 can be financed on the “benefit” of 600,000 yuan in Australian dollars of government funding. The company also sent a working group set up jointly with Dr. Conduct preliminary research. This year the Australian Government will contribute 50 million Australian dollars in university labs Long Wu Gong and pilot production and the strengthening of research should be completed by the end. Inspiron 1300 battery Inspiron 1420 battery

 

DeLong may also with Shanghai Jiao Tong University Institute of Chemical Technology to establish a joint laboratory for supplying electric power for vehicles, power storage research and energy development and production base National experiences of 973 major scientific research. Time, the Company received a sum of orders of lithium American power. The production processes, products, abnormal behavior, you should immediately report were analyzed. Company technical personnel immediately rushed to the University National Chiao Tung to lead the joint laboratory, and laboratory technicians in less than an hour to do the test results within one day are a solution, production can continue smoothly. Inspiron 1501 battery Inspiron 1520 battery

 

In recent years, DeLong able to select a different academic institutions, the “marriage”, a and Zhengzhou University, School of Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, School of Materials Science and Engineering to establish a long-term close cooperative. Currently, DeLong could be declared 23 patents, making it the only city to achieve a production of iron energy of lithium phosphate and sales of local businesses. Chen Yao calculations: The company total investment 60 million yuan, 4.000 million for production and research, drawing on academic institutions and foreign, 40 million yuan generated 23 million dollars are the real benefits. “Inspiron 1521 battery Inspiron 1525 battery

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