Last update: 08.11.05

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Thin Silicon PV research groups

  • Czech Academy of Sciences - Institute of Physics
  • ECN - Unit Solar Energy (Netherlands Energy Research Foundation)
  • Ecole Polytechnique - Laboratoire de physique des interfaces et couche minces (LPICM)
  • Electrotechnical Laboratory (Tsukuba, Japan)
  • ENEA Portici
  • ETI Solar Home Page (Uni Karlsruhe)
  • Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
  • Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE
  • Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin (prof. W. Fuhs)
  • INESC - Microsystems and Nanotechnology
  • Leee-TISO Centre
  • Macroelectronics Group Homepage (Princeton)
  • National Renewable Energy Laboratory
  • Penn State Uiversity - Electronic Materials and Processing Research Laboratory (Prof. Wronski)
  • Sandia National Laboratories
  • University of Barcelona - Photovoltaic activities
  • Uni of New South Wales - Centre for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems
  • University of Michigan - Organic and Molecular Electronic Laboratory (Prof. J. Kanicki)
  • UNINOVA - CEMOP - Center of Excellence in Microelectronics Optoelectronics and Processes (Profs. R. Martins and E. Fortunato)
  • Uni Paderborn - Theoretische Physik (Prof. A.G. Overhof)
  • Uni Stuttgart - Institut für Physikalische Elektronik (IPE)
  • Uni Syracuse - E.A. Schiff WWW Home Page
  • Utrecht University - Department of Interface Physics
  • Walter Schottky Institute (Technische Universität München)
  • University of Waterloo - Amorphous Silicon Devices and Integrated Circuits Group (Prof. A. Nathan)
    •  PV-NET (Photovoltaic Network for the Development of a Roadmap for PV)

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    Thin-film silicon PV companies

  • BP Solar
  • ECD OVONICS
  • Free Energy Europe
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  • Kaneka Corporation
  • Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
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  • SANYO
  • United Solar Systems Corporation
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    Thin film silicon related companies

  • BioScan
  • Canon
  • dpiX (owned by Philips, Siemens, Thales, Planar, Varian and Xerox)
  • Kroll Thin Film Technologies
  • Philips
  • Planar Systems
  • Silicon Vision GmBH
  • Trixell (joint venture between Thales Electron Devices, Philips Medical Systems and Siemens Medical Solutions)
  • Varian Medical Systems
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    PV and solar energy resources

  • Swiss  PV Program
  • IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, downloadable reports
  • Research Center for Photovoltaic Engineering - Solar Cell Efficiency Tables
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  • Renewable Energy Atlas
  • PV Power Resource Site
  • International SolarServer
  • The Solarserver
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  • Apollo II, EcoSystems Home Page (Ecotopia)
  • Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology (CREST) -  Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP) - Solar Power
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  • Photovoltaic solar electricity in IEA  PVPS member countries (Switzerland)
  • A PV Tour Through Switzerland
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  • Nature

  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

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  • Photon das Solarstrom - Magazin
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  • Physica B: Condensed Matter
  • Physica status solidi
  • Physical Review B Online
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  • Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
  • Science
  • Science Direct (Elsevier)
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  • Solid State Communications
  • Solar Energy (Journal of the International Solar Energy Society)
  • Solar Energy (Elsevier)
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  • Thin Solid Films
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