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Nano tool used in solar panel study
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Nano tool used in solar panel study

2008-07-04
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A Surrey nano-technology firm is to supply a device used in the development of an innovative new solar cell that could dramatically increase the efficiency of the energy conversion process.

A Surrey nano-technology firm is to supply a device used in the development of an innovative new solar cell that could dramatically increase the efficiency of the energy conversion process.

Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich, Germany, has ordered an advanced sputtering tool from Surrey NanoSystems to support research into the creation of hybrid solar cells.

The tool will be used in the development of production techniques that use precisely ordered nanowire structures as templates for organic material.

Compared with conventional silicon-based solar energy systems, the hybrid solar cells have the potential to lower costs and provide free power for consumer electronics products.

The tool is a configuration of Surrey NanoSystems' gamma tool and will be used by researchers in LMU's Department of Physics and Centre for NanoScience.

Professor Lukas Schmidt-Mende of the LMU Department of Physics and Centre for NanoScience, said: "Structural precision is a key element of making efficient, low-loss hybrid solar cells, and LMU's research will focus heavily on this aspect.

"The high quality of film deposition that the Gamma tool can achieve gives us a very versatile platform to support our studies."

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