Cambrios Technologies Selects Ascent Solar as PV Partner for Department of Defense Flexible Solar Cell Army Natick Contract
April 12 2010 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQGM:ASTI), a developer of
state of the art flexible thin-film solar modules, announced today
that Cambrios Technologies Corporation, a firm that has developed
innovative, wet-processed, transparent conductive films, has
selected Ascent as their research partner to investigate how these
films can be applied to lightweight, flexible
copper-indium-gallium-selenium (CIGS) photovoltaics, which is a
topic of a recently-awarded United States Army contract
W911QY-BAA-09-11-1 from the U.S. Army’s Natick research
facility.
As part of the program, which will be undertaken on behalf of
the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering
Center (NSRDEC), Cambrios will deliver flexible solar cells that
incorporate a Cambrios ClearOhm™ electrode layer. Because of the
material’s improved transparency and light handling capability, it
is expected that these cells will be 1 to 3 percent more efficient
than the equivalent cells made with the conventional transparent
electrode material.
“Ascent Solar has very high efficiency CIGS solar cells so they
are the perfect partner for this program,” said Cambrios CEO Dr.
Michael Knapp. “Unlike transparent conductive oxides typically used
as thin film solar cell electrodes, Cambrios’ ClearOhm™ material is
also highly flexible. Together our companies have the right
technologies to provide the Army with lightweight, flexible CIGS
solar cells with better efficiency than what has been possible to
date.”
The U.S. military is the single largest consumer of energy in
the world, and energy supply is an important issue for each and
every soldier. Solar energy has been widely deployed by the U.S.
military to power permanent and temporary military installations
and to reduce the weight carried by soldiers. Flexible PV cells can
facilitate the use of this power source by making them more easily
deployed on a variety of surfaces such as tents, clothing, and
backpacks.
Farhad Moghadam President and CEO of Ascent Solar, stated, “We
are pleased that Cambrios selected Ascent Solar as their CIGS
partner. Their technology, with its higher optical transmission and
improved electrical performance, offers us the potential to enhance
the performance of our photovoltaic modules. Combined with the
potential to implement direct write deposition technology, it is
possible to simplify our manufacturing process. Finally, the
performance of their technology matches up well with our future
needs in high-performance flexible PV modules.”
About Cambrios
Cambrios is an electronic materials company that develops
proprietary, competitive products using nanotechnology. Cambrios
implements its novel technology to simplify electronics
manufacturing processes, improve end-product performance and
identify ways to satisfy unmet industry needs. The company’s first
product is ClearOhm™ coating material that produces a transparent,
conductive film by wet processing. ClearOhm™ films have improved
properties by comparison to currently used materials such as indium
tin oxide and other transparent conductive oxides. Applications of
ClearOhm™ coating material include transparent electrodes for touch
screens, liquid crystal displays, e-paper, OLED devices, and thin
film photovoltaics. Additional information can be found at
www.cambrios.com
About Ascent Solar Technologies
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. is a developer of thin-film
photovoltaic modules with substrate materials that can be more
flexible and affordable than most traditional solar panels. Ascent
Solar modules can be directly integrated into standard building
materials, commercial transportation, space applications, consumer
electronics for portable power or configured as stand alone modules
for large scale terrestrial deployment. Ascent Solar is
headquartered in Thornton, Colo. Additional information can be
found at www.ascentsolar.com.
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