Silane-Free Technology Honored as Key to Cost Improvement in Solar with Cell Award Intersolar 2009 MUNICH & MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During a ceremony held at Intersolar 2009 in Munich, Germany, the Sixtron SunBox, an efficient silane-free system for applying anti-reflective coatings, was awarded the Cell Award for Best Process Technology in Crystalline Silicon Cell Manufacturing. The Cell Awards are judged by a consortium of the solar industry's leading companies and research organizations, including Q-Cells, Suntech Power and Fraunhofer ISE, and recognize products with the most potential to lower the cost of solar technology. "Our panel of judges from across the solar industry knows all too well how difficult it is to expand manufacturing operations when burdened with silane safety infrastructure and procedures," said David Owen, managing director of Photovoltaics International. "Sixtron's technology is alleviating this liability, and we believe it will become an important part of solar's journey toward grid parity." The SunBox is an on-site gas generation system that uses a solid polymer source material to safely and effectively deposit anti-reflective and passivation layers on crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar cells. The SunBox system is plug & play compatible with industry standard plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) equipment on both new and existing manufacturing lines.
