Schott Solar, a leading photovoltaics manufacturer, entered into a 3 year research partnership with IMEC, Europe’s leading nanoelectronics research center. Within this multi-partner R&D program, IMEC aims to explore and develop advanced process technologies to fuel the steep market growth of silicon solar cells in a sustainable way. The program will concentrate on a sharp reduction in silicon use, whilst increasing cell efficiency and hence further lowering substantially the cost per Watt peak.
By joining the silicon photovoltaics IIAP, researchers from Shcott Solar will be able to closely collaborate with IMEC’s research team to build up fundamental understanding and develop robust solutions for next-generation silicon based solar cells.The program will bring together silicon solar cell manufacturers, equipment and material suppliers and is based on a sharing of intellectual property, talent, risk and cost.
“We are excited that one of the leading photovoltaics manufacturers joins our multi-partner program. Building on our 25 years track record in silicon solar cells and our successful experience with Industrial Affiliation Programs on CMOS scaling, we are confident that we will provide our partners a dynamic research platform for accelerated process development;” said Jef Poortmans, Program Director Solar+ at IMEC.“With over 50 years of experience Schott Solar is established leader in the solar industry.We support IMEC’s ambitious goals,” said Dr. Martin Heming, CEO at Schott Solar AG.
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