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Fraunhofer Institute Orders AIXTRON MOCVD Tool

Tool used for multi-junction solar cells development

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

AIXTRON AG announced that in the fourth quarter 2008, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), Freiburg, Germany, ordered an AIX 2800G4-R MOCVD tool with automated wafer handler. The Planetary Reactor system with 8×6 inch configuration will be delivered in the fourth quarter 2009. Funded by the BMBF and the Fraunhofer Society, the new tool will form the centerpiece of a program to develop and produce next generation triple- and multi-junction solar cells in cooperation wi...

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