SCI Engineered Materials Inc., a manufacturer of ceramics and metals for advanced applications in the physical vapor deposition industry, has been awarded a $708,715 grant from the Ohio Department of Development to support the commercialization of rotatable ceramic sputtering targets for thin-film photovoltaic solar cell manufacturing.
Specifically, SCI intends to commercialize technologies for the production of transparent conductive oxide coated glass used in thin-film photovoltaic solar panels. Rotatable ceramic sputtering targets can be used in production processes involving glass, stainless, or plastic substrates, making them applicable for second-generation thin film and third-generation dye cells. Optimizing the composition of the coating utilizing these targets will allow manufacturers to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic modules, SCI says.
SOURCE: SCI
