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Solar Cells and Wafers
High-Volume Manufacturing
LWIR Fixed Focus Objectives
Sub-Miniature Optical Scanners for High Volume Dedicated Applications
UV Cold Mirrors
4-Axis CNC Micromachining, Precision Lapping, Polishing, Dicing and Coatings
Master Bond Super Gel 9
SCP 100
Custom Polymer Optics
(5 companies)
Solar Cells and Wafers
5N Plus, Inc., 5N Plus Trail Inc. - Trail, Canada
All4-GP Inc., Sub. of all4-Holding Co. Ltd. - Glendale, CA
GFI Advanced Technologies, Inc. - Teaneck, NJ
Red Lightings - Mumbai, India
Spire Corp. - Bedford, MA
TERMS
solar cell
A device for converting sunlight into electrical energy, consisting of a sandwich of P-type and N-type semiconducting wafers. A photon with sufficient energy striking the cell can dislodge an electron from an atom near the interface of the two...
wafer
A cross-sectional slice cut from an ingot of either single-crystal, fused, polycrystalline or amorphous material that has refined surfaces either lapped or polished. Wafers are used either as substrates for electronic device manufacturing or as...
thermoelectric solar cell
A solar cell that uses a thermoelectric converter, consisting of two sheets of metal with a semiconductor sandwiched between them, to generate electricity.
thin-film solar cell
A solar cell that is lightweight and flexible because of its construction by vacuum deposition of a semiconductor material (e.g., gallium arsenide or cadmium sulfide) onto a thin metal or plastic substrate. It is used as a power source in spacecraft...
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green photonics
solar wafers
solar optical components
optical components
sunlight
electrical energy
semiconducting wafer
semi conductor wafer
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