List of CIGS companies
This list of companies manufacturing copper indium gallium selenide solar cells (CIGS) includes a number of companies, some of which have significantly reduced or completely closed down production:
- Ascent Solar Technologies
- Axuntek Solar Energy Co. Ltd. (small size manufacturer with own production, R&D)
- Flisom (founded in 2005 as a spin-off company of ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
- Global Solar Energy (module producer, U.S-based subsidiary of Hanergy)
- Hanergy-Solibro (former subsidiary of Q-Cells)
- Hulk Energy Technologies (HULKet, module producer, Taiwan)[1]
- IBM
- International Solar Electric Technology
- Manz (turnkey CIGS fab)
- Miasolé
- Nuvosun[2]
- Precursor Energetics (develops CIGS absorber materials, located in Santa Clara, CA, USA)[3]
- Siva Power
- Solar Frontier (formerly a division of Showa Shell Sekiyu)
- Stion Corp[4]
- Veeco Instruments Inc
- Wonik IPS (CIGS Turnkey Solution)[5]
Former companies
- HelioVolt
- Nanosolar
- Odersun
- Soltecture (previously Sulfurcell)
- Solyndra
- TSMC Solar (module producer, wholly owned subsidiary of Taiwanese TSMC)[6][7]
See also
- Category:Thin-film cell manufacturers
- Copper indium gallium selenide solar cells (CIGS technology)
- Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS absorber material)
- List of photovoltaics companies
- Solar cell
- Thin film solar cell
References
- ↑ "Company Information". HULKet. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
- ↑ Greentechmedia.com Eric Wesoff,NuvoSun, CIGS Solar Startup, Acquired by Dow Chemical, 6 March 2013
- ↑ "Press Releases". Precursor Energetics. 20 March 2013. Retrieved August 2015.
Current materials under development include: CIGS absorber materials for thin film solar cells, cathodes and electrolytes for Li-ion battery applications, and an array of materials for use in standard and flexible displays
- ↑ Greentechmedia.com Eric Wesoff,Stion, Khosla-Funded PV Startup, Hits 23.2% Efficiency With Tandem CIGS, 28 February 2014
- ↑ "CIGS". Wonik IPS Co Ltd. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "TSMC Solar—CIGS is Now a Reality". TSMC Solar. Retrieved August 2015.
- ↑ "TSMC Pulls Plug on Solar Business". EE Times. Retrieved August 2015.
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