Press Release No.7

Solar-Tectic LLC reports the successful fabrication of the first-ever single crystal heteroepitaxial silicon ultra thin film on ordinary (soda-lime) glass. The sample was made by Blue Wave Semiconductors (BWS) following a recipe by the late Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, and was characterized at SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany, NY, under the guidance […]

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US Patent Issued to Solar-Tectic LLC

Nanowire on soda-lime glass technology for solar cells. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent (US Pat. No. 8,491,718) for Solar-Tectic LLC’s “1c-Si NW” solar cell technology, titled “Methods of Growing Heteroepitaxial Single Crystal or Large Grained Semiconductor Films and Devices Thereon” which was filed by the late Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, winner of the 1995 […]

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Press Release No.3

Solar-Tectic LLC (New York), in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Blue Wave Semiconductors (BWS), Inc. reports the successful demonstration of the first ever metal-induced single crystal epitaxial thin film solar cell. The prototype solar cell is based on technology disclosed by the late Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, materials scientist and winner of the United States National Medal […]

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Solar-Tectic Develops Method for Manufacturing Single-Crystal Thin Films

Link to cite USA – Solar-Tectic  reports that it has been granted a world-wide exclusive license for a method of manufacturing single-crystal thin films on ordinary glass over a large area for photovoltaic and display applications. The method stems from a Dartmouth College-sponsored research agreement with Solar-Tectic, initially inspired by a related technology disclosed by […]

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Green Technology

Firm client Solar-Tectic LLC has been granted a world-wide exclusive license for a method of manufacturing silicon thin-films on ordinary glass over a large area, thus allowing for the commercialization of single crystal silicon thin-film solar cells for the first time, at a cost that is orders of magnitude lower than current methods. The invention came out of […]

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