Audio Interview: The Future of Thin-film Solar Cell Manufacturing, Chris Eberspacher

Chris Eberspacher, Chief Technology Officer, Solar Business Group, Applied Materials (AMAT), summarizes sessions on thin-film photovoltaics and PV fab management. Thin film manufacturing is pushing into more of the expanding solar market, and capital equipment availability could become a concern. Managers of thin-film manufacturing fabs should consider efficiency roadmaps, materials costs, and productivity moving forward.

Listen to the podcast at http://www.electroiq.com/index/podcasts/podcast-display/podcasts/PVWorld/semicon-west_2010/the-future_of_thin-film.html

Read Applied Materials' latest photovoltaics news:

Applied pulls SunFab plug; shifts to c-Si, LEDs

In a move that had been hinted at (if not openly called for) for some time, Applied Materials is pulling the plug on its SunFab turnkey thin-film (amorphous silicon/a-Si) solar production line, and will shift the focus of its Energy and Environmental Solutions (EES) business unit to crystalline-silicon (c-Si) solar systems, and other "energy technologies" notably LEDs ...