United Solar Ovonic Research Reports

Amorphous Silicon Alloy Photovoltaic Research - Present and Future This paper discusses the various approaches taken to improve material and device quality that have resulted in stable cell and module efficiencies of 13% and 10.5%, respectively. It also discusses future directions of research. >download

Science and Technology of Amorphous Silicon Alloy Photovoltaics Highlights from United Solar Ovonic's new 160,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art thin-film solar module manufacturing facility groundbreaking ceremony. >download

New High Speed, Low Cost, Roll-to-Roll Antireflectivity Coating Technology This paper describes the features of this new optical coating technology, describes the operation of the pilot machine and summarizes some of the coatings being developed, and compares this technology with conventional magnetron sputtering. >download

Roll-to-Roll Microwave PECVD Machine for High-Barrier Film Coatings ECD Ovonics has recently introduced Ovonic Clearcoat, a silica barrier coating technology for plastic films used in packaging applications and more. >download

Amorphous Silicon Alloy Photovoltaic Technology - From R&D to Production This paper describes our work to address the challenges of how to improve stable efficiency and demonstrate manufacturability of photovoltaics. >download

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