No more looking around for silicon for expensive solar cells.Morgan Technical Ceramics , a specialist in engineering of ceramic components is engaging with PV manufacturers across the globe , supplying components for fabricating of both silicon and non-silicon based thin film solar PV cells.Non silicon based thin film Pv are manufactured by a a process similar to the manufacturing of architectural glass.This process involves fused silica rollers that are used to move the hot glass panels through the deposition process. In Thin Film Photovoltaic cells (TFPV) deposition equipment, precursor vapors and gases are transported from a source vessel through a deposition zone onto a heated glass substrate to deposit the PV layer. Morgan Technical Ceramics produces a number of components used in this part of the TFPV process.
The advantage of using silica for manufacturing of TFPV is its high thermal stability and low coefficient of thermal expansion which is advantageous in high temperature manufacturing process.The use of ceramics my make it possible to reduce the overall cost of manufacturing TFPVs thus , making them a viable alternative to conventional power sources.
