Featured in Northern hot spot – 11-2010

Light efficiency

Laser manufacturing: Lasers are vital tools for producing thin film modules. In particular, high-performance ultra short pulse lasers, which create pulses of a few picoseconds, allow for increased throughput and optimal processing results. Jan Wieduwilt of Trumpf GmbH explains their benefits.

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pv magazine

18 Nov 2010

In the currently ongoing debate about future sources of energy, photovoltaics, as a renewable energy source, plays a key role. Technological progress is a particularly important pre-condition in obtaining the objective of grid parity, i.e. having electricity from photovoltaic sources cost as little as electricity from conventional sources. Crystalline solar cells currently dominate the photovoltaics …

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