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CIGS is back, back again

Stability and reliability, partial transparency, monolithic deposition onto flexible substrates, aesthetically pleasing appearance, applicability in roll-to-roll production, superior temperature coefficient, potential in tandem applications, and suitability for BIPV: The list of advantages that CIGS technology offers is well established and lengthy.

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Jonathan Gifford

25 Jul 2018

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However, as the global production capacity and output of crystalline silicon (c-Si) PV manufacturers has skyrocketed, CIGS, by contrast, has crept up only slowly. Concurrently, the list of failed companies attempting to commercialize the technology has grown.This reality was certainly not news to the attendees of the IW-CIGSTech 9 conference, hosted at the Center for …

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