Natcore Technology Inc NTCXF

Natcore Technology Inc is a Canada based company. It is a research and development company providing solar cells with improved efficiency and reduced cost. It is focused on using its proprietary nanotechnology discoveries to enable a variety of applications including laser processing, tandem quantum-dot solar cells and its Natcore Foil Cell structure, the development of which eliminates the need to use high-cost silver in mass-manufactured silicon solar cells.

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Comment by ck123on Sep 12, 2010 11:14am

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Excellent post Naterey.

There are two different trends in the photovoltaic industry. Reduce costs in mass production and to increase efficiency.

Indeed, the triple junction cells (Sharp/Spectrolab) in a concentrator setup cost $8-10/cm2 based on Gallium/exotic compounds.... if you do the math the cost of these panels is astronomical. They are not suited to mass production. They are meant for specialty applications... ie space/military. The goal in the space photovoltaic industry is to increase efficiency irrespective of cost. The reason... the cost of launching something into space.

Sharp has a commercial silicon cell in mass production with 12-14% efficiency. In terrestrial applications the goal is to reduce costs.

A tandem silicon cell in a concentrator setup is theorized to be 60+ efficient. A silicon tandem cell will allow increased efficiency with the benefit of reduced costs, the ability of mass production, and the use of a readily available compound - silicon.

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