Online Issues

Global Solar Technology issue 3.3 – March 2010

• Advanced screen printable thin film PV silver conductor compositions by Jay R. Dorfman, DuPont Microcircuit Materials and Vince Arancio, DuPont (UK) Ltd
• Spray coating for fabricating polymer–based organic solar cells by Claudio Girotto and Jan Genoe, IMEC
• Reducing encapsulation cycle time in PV module production by Yun Luo and Ronald F.M. Lange, 3S Swiss Solar Systems and José Ignacio Fidalgo Martínez, Specialized Technology Resources España S.A.

Global Solar Technology issue 3.2 – February 2010

• Solar cells on ultra–thin crystalline silicon by Robert Mertens, Ph.D., IMEC & K.U.Leuven
• ‘Printing’ PV electrodes onto flexible substrates by Mark David Miller, Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC
• How Sanmina–SCI determined its alternative energies strategy by Sundar M. Kamath, Ph.D., Sanmina–SCI Corp.

Global Solar Technology issue 3.1 – January 2010

• Solar cell process temperature measurements by Fred Dimock, BTU International
• Flexible non–contact laser soldering for solar cell strings by Andreas Kriegler, teamtechnik
• Merger & acquisition opportunities in the solar energy market by Chaim Lubin, Lincoln International

Global Solar Technology issue 2.6 – November/December 2009 

• "Silicon solar cell efficiency & thermal process optimization in the metallization process" by Dean Buzby and Bjorn Dahle
  
• "Making I‑V and C‑V measurements on solar/photovoltaic cells" by Josef W. Flossmann
• "Taiwan resumes growth in solar manufacturing"
• Interview—Brice Le Gouic, Yole Développement
  

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Global Solar Technology issue 2.5 – September/October 2009 

• "Energy harvesting in PV systems: micro–inverter vs. micro–converter" by Dr. Leo Casey and Dr. Milan Ilic
  
• "Solar simulators—beyond Class A " by H. B. Serreze, H. M. Sobhie and S. J. Hogan
  
• "Electrical characterization of photovoltaic materials and solar cells" by Josef W. Flossmann"The key to the solar factory"
• Show previews: EU PVSEC & Solar Power Int'l 2009
  

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Global Solar Technology issue 2.4 – July/August 2009 

• Debugging and verifying microinverters for photovoltaic installations by Win Seipel
• The importance of Cpk by Darren Brown
• The importance of seal selection on PV productivity and cost
• Lasers, for more efficient solar cells
• Interview— Dr. Madhusudan V. Atre, Applied Materials India Pvt. Ltd.

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Global Solar Technology issue 2.3 – May/June 2009

• Steamer vs. torch in PV manufacturing—a cost of ownership comparison
  Jeff Spiegelman, RASIRC, San Diego, California, USA
• Perspectives on the semiconductor ecosystem—the solar route
  Dr. Madhusudan V Atre, Applied Materials India Pvt Ltd
• Combing in the energy
  Maureen McHale, Advanced Solar Photonics, Lake Mary, Florida, USA

Global Solar Technology Issue 2.2 – March/April 2009

• Solar integration takes a page from the semi wafer CSP playbook
  Steve T. Cho, Ph.D. and Steve Anderson, Surfect Technologies,
  Tempe, AZ, USA
• Laser scribing tools edge in front
  Finlay Colville, Coherent, Inc., Santa–Clara, CA, USA
• Conformal coating improves the reliability and life of solar inverters
  Akira Morita and Brad Perkins, Asymtek, Carlsbad, CA, USA
  

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Global Solar Technology Issue 2.1 – January/February 2009

• Flexible silver paste enables thin–film photovoltaic flex solar cells
  Dr. Hong–Sik Hwang, Lee Kresge, James Slattery, and Dr. Ning–Cheng Lee, Indium Corporation
• Converting considerations for flexible materials
  Josh Chernin, Web Industries
• Ultrasonic atomization for uniform dispensing and coating of nanoparticles
  Joseph Riemer, PhD, Sono–Tek Corporation

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Global Solar Technology Issue 1.2 – November/December 2008

• Materials and the growth of PV technology
  David A. Preische, Indium Corporation of America
• Combating the impact of contamination in solar cel production
  Sheila Hamilton, Teknek
• Transfer printing: an emerging technology for massively parallel assembly
  C. A. Bower, E. Menard & P. E. Garrou, Semprius, Inc.

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Global Solar Technology issue 1.1 – September/October 2008

• Atmospheric plasma surface modification for continuous processing of solar cells Rory A. Wolf, Enercon Industries Corporation
• Light of the world—Building success as the solar industry goes global
  Darren Brown, DEK
• Solar growth provides opportunities for electronics makers
  Jon Custer–Topai

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