Caelux
Caelux
California-based Caelux is developing a flexible solar-cell manufacturing process and design that minimizes the amount of semiconducting material used. It is a spin-out from Caltech, and BP funded the solar research now being developed by the start-up company in which it has also taken an investment stake.- This is the fourth instalment of the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) PV Incubator program, where companies benefit from close partnerships with the DoE national laboratories.
- The solar cell is made up from a ‘forest’ of silicon nanowires using a laboratory technique called vapour-liquid-solid growth.
- The thinking and solutions that this incubator program inspire have the potential to significantly improve device efficiency while dramatically reducing production costs.
