- Commissioning successfully completed
- Solar cells achieve excellent efficiency
Kahl am Main, February 17, 2010 - SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) successfully commissioned the first SINGULAR inline coating machine for anti-reflective coating of silicon solar cells at a European customer. The cells produced with a SINGULAR machine achieve excellent efficiency. In addition, the cells are characterized by a very homogenous coloring. The SINGULUS inline coating machine is used in production lines for the manufacturing of silicon solar cells.
The machine integration know-how, which SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES has acquired in the automation of CD, DVD and Blu-ray Disc production machines, was an optimum starting point for the development of the new SINGULAR plant.
The anti-reflective layer is an important element in the production process of solar cells and ties directly to value-added chain from STANGL’s LINEA machine. LINEA is a new inline plant for wet-chemical treatment of crystalline solar wafers. SINGULUS developed a modular, fully-automated handling system for silicon wafers for the integration of wet-chemical and vacuum coating processes, which connects STANGL's LINEA machine with the SINGULAR equipment offered by SINGULUS.
In the future, SINGULUS and STANGL will not only supply individual machines and equipment, but also complete systems with process know-how. This decision applies to the area of silicon solar cells in particular. Here, the company will offer machines for front-end applications as well as for the complete production cycle in the future.
The goal is to attain a leading market position relating to production equipment for solar cells in the next couple of years.