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EFFIC Consortium Developing Machines for Thin Film Solar Modules

Effort led by Smit Ovens, Solliance

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Led by Smit Ovens and Solliance, the EFFIC (Equipment for Free Form Interconnection of CIGS) consortium will build machines that use nanosecond-pulse lasers and printing technologies to create the “wiring” within thin-film solar modules. These will allow manufacturers to create any pattern of interconnects they can imagine, giving them complete freedom in module size and shape. The project is being carried out under EIT’s Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) InnoEnergy. “By enabling free...

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