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The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges.

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2010-09-21	PV industry to remain among top silver consumers Silver inks will continue as favored electrode manufacturing material, according to study
2012-03-19	Production system yields ultrathin monocrystalline wafers The Hyperion from Twin Creeks uses the Proton Induced Exfoliation technology that claims to create monocrystalline wafers that are less than 1/10th the thickness of conventional wafers.
2007-11-22	Printed ICs prep up for mainstream entry Developers of TFT circuits claimed breakthroughs that may finally push the technology to market and enable low-cost class of electronic paper, displays, labels, RFID tags, sensors and smart cards.
2012-03-15	Printed electronics to be a billion-dollar industry in 2012 Market forecaster IDTechEx Ltd sees that the market for printed and potentially printed electronics items will be $9.4 billion in 2012.
2008-09-08	Printed electronics materials market to reach $11B by 2015 A new report from NanoMarkets forecasts that the market for electronic inks and related substrate materials used in manufacturing printed electronics will grow from over $1.1 billion in 2008 to over $11 billion by 2015.
2008-02-18	Printed electronics market to hit $30.1B by 2015 Electronics products manufactured by printing technologies will reach $30.1 billion by 2015, according to a report by NanoMarkets LC.
2012-04-25	Polysilicon surplus seen to erode prices, says analyst The pricing pressure is inevitable, but polysilicon prices can vary depending not only on contract type but also on purity level, supplier's location and contract terms employed, noted IHS.
2010-02-23	Plastic wires enable low-cost flexible solar cells Caltech researchers have demonstrated flexible solar cells that absorb up to 96 percent of incident light, by growing arrays of silicon wires in a polymer substrate.
2012-03-12	Philippine mfg firm posts 40% revenue rise According to IMI, the above-industry average revenue growth was due to increased turnkey businesses in China, strong growth in the automotive and industrial segments and additional revenues from PSi Technologies and its new entities in Europe and Mexico.
2009-02-03	Panelists push for laser diode foundry Senior executives at the Photonics West concluded that the photonics component business needs to adopt a foundry model to deal with an over capacity in laser diode manufacturing.
2009-01-21	Organic solar for energy harvesting Organic solar, also called thin-film plastics, which has been long considered promising for low (and ultra-low) power applications is gaining momentum.
2014-03-17	Organic solar cells boast 8.4% conversion efficiency Imec created fullerene-free organic photovoltaic multilayer stacks that offer compatibility with flexible substrates and tunable absorption window.
2008-10-16	Organic electronics grow to meet society's needs Rising to meet the challenges of various key trends driving modern societies, organic electronics opens up to new fields of applications.
2013-07-25	OLEDs facilitate smart textiles development Materials scientists at the TU Darmstadt are coating fibres with organic semiconductors to aid the manufacturing of smart textiles.
2014-04-24	OLED enables direct charges across a molecule-wide IC Researchers worked with an OLED powered by a microscopic conductor to send an electric charge across a one molecule wide circuit while insulating it enough to check the static and field leakage.
2010-12-20	NIST funds electronics, biotech, nano manufacturing research The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced a technology innovation program for advanced manufacturing research in electronics, biotechnology and nanotechnology.
2008-09-22	New York may get solar boost from IBM Following the IC slowdown, New York is turning its attention towards solar, especially in the Hudson Valley.
2008-01-03	Nanotech enables large-area solar cell Head of Bar-Ilan University's Nanotechnology Institute in Israel, Arie Zaban, claims he has created a solar cell 100 times bigger than a typical solar cell, using nanotechnology methods.
2008-05-19	MIT researchers report fuel cell advance MIT researchers claim they have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent to suit portable electronics' power requirements.
2011-09-12	Measuring Hall effect in materials characterization The ability to make precise Hall effect measurements becomes increasingly important as the need to characterize high mobility materials becomes increasingly critical.
2013-05-21	Lowest drop in solar industry capital spending expected IHS said capital spending among PV companies is set to drop to $2.3 billion in 2013, down 36 per cent from $3.6 billion in 2012.
2008-11-18	iSuppli: Polysicon price to slide starting next year iSuppli forecasts that the pricing for polysilicon used to create PV cells is expected to drop in 2009 and the following years due to fundamental imbalances in the solar supply chain.
2008-02-25	ISA, SEMI promote chip and solar manufacturing The India Semiconductor Association and Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) have forged a partnership to promote semiconductor and photovoltaic manufacturing in India.
2008-07-31	Intel invests $12.5M in solar materials provider Voltaix announced today that it has received $12.5 million in financing from Intel Capital, the global investment arm of Intel Corporation.
2006-10-25	Industry warms up to solar energy Silicon Valley firms have set eyes and interest on solar energy, with Internet giant Google disclosing plans to run its headquarters on solar energy and other firms seeking ways to develop the alternative energy.
2008-07-25	Industry confab sheds light on future of organic electronics The Organic Semiconductor Conference this year (OSC-08) will bring together over 500 engineers, researchers, business leaders and investors worldwide to report progress and discuss future directions in the organic electronics and organic semiconductor industries.
2009-02-20	India modernization to boost chip market Industry executives at the India Semiconductor Association conference agree that infrastructure modernization efforts could improve sagging chip sales.
2008-08-27	India kicks off first polysilicon solar project India is preparing for its first solar project to be established in Haldia city as part of an integrated solar complex, which includes a power plant, at a total cost of about $1.25 billion.
2008-10-20	India dreams beyond software India is looking into developing the hardware design and manufacturing expertise needed to expand beyond its historic dependence on software development.
2012-04-18	IMI posts 40% revenue uptick, continuous innovation drives company growth Despite challenges in the business environment, things are looking up for the company as it recorded $575.5 million in consolidated sales revenues in 2011, a 40 percent increase from $412.3 million in 2010.