different article on today's newshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/natcore-to-deliver-anti-reflective-coating-system-to-chinese-solar-maker.html
Natcore to Deliver Anti-Reflective Coating System to Chinese Solar Maker
By Ehren Goossens -Mar 21, 2011 3:41 PM ET
Natcore Technology Inc. (NXT), a RedBank, New Jersey-based solar energy technology company, willdeliver its first anti-reflective coating system for testing bythe Chinese cell maker Hunan TLNZ Solar Technology Co.
Hunan TLNZ, of Xiangtan, China, is expected to purchase thesystem if the tests go well, Natcore said today in a statement.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“If it works they’ll buy that one and buy two or threemore,” Natcore Chief Executive Officer Chuck Provini said in aninterview today. “We have begun speaking with several othercompanies in China,” he said.
Natcore said March 15 that MicroTech Process Inc. ofFremont, California, is building the coating systems, which willtake eight to 10 weeks to produce.
Natcore’s liquid phase deposition technology, licensed fromRice University, uses a proprietary mixture of chemicals tocreate a layer of silicon dioxide on solar cells at roomtemperature. The company says this is less costly than othersystems that require high-temperature vacuum furnaces to createan anti-reflective layer.