Thin Film Technology: Maximize Evaporation Crucible Packing Density
With a set crucible volume, and run times limited by the amount of evaporation material in the crucible, the density of the material in the crucible b...
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Indium Sulfide for Thin Film Solar Cells
Here’s an interesting technology fact I just learned: Indium Sulfide was the very first indium compound to be discovered. I bet Reich and Richte...
The Future of Solar Module Assembly: An Interview with Indium's Jon Major
Jon major recently joined the Indium Corporation as a Product Manager for Solar back-end assembly products. I greeted him with this impromptu int...
Mixing Low-Temperature Metallization Paste
Yesterday was a pretty interesting day. I happened to stop by the lab, and I had a chance to help mix silver into what will soon be the newest lo...
Dr. Alan Rae: Nanotechnology in Electronics Assembly
I caught up with Alan Rae after a recent IWLPC committee meeting, where he jokingly asked me to, “Stop asking important questions” –...
NanoFoil® and the Grilled Cheese Incident
Having worked with NanoFoil® for over two years, I've tried just about every way possible to explain what it is, where it comes from, and why ...
Solar Products and Representatives
A reader of this blog recently mentioned: “I am interested in what products could be sold by manufacturer’s......
Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems - Will they reach 50% Efficiency?
Concentrator Image Source: Meta Efficient Honestly, the solar business unit here at Indium is growing tremendously, and......
Soldering to Gold
In previous posts, we have mentioned soldering to gold, but never discussed the unique processing aspects related to this. div sty...
Corrosion - Part 4, Learn More
Here is a pretty good list of resources on the topic of corrosion, if you’re interested: 1. Chongchen Xu. “Corrosion in Microelectronics&l...
Why Thin-Film Solar Cells are Here to Stay
Apart from independence from silicon, thin-film solar cells have several advantages. On perfect day and perfect conditions crystalline silicon solar c...
Solar Conversion Efficiencies
Following the recent surge in the prices of crude oil futures and the rally of solar stocks, we are stuck with wide range views on the future of PV......