RED BANK, N.J., Feb. 3, 2015 /CNW/ -- Dr. Dennis Flood, the Chief Technology Officer and a
cofounder of Natcore Technology Inc. (TSX-V: NXT; NTCXF.PK),
was chosen to give an opening address of the 6th World
Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion in Kyoto, Japan.
Dr. Flood was also chosen to introduce the winner of the World
Prize, which is given every four years.
The Conference brings together the three major photovoltaic
communities (Europe, United States, Japan/Asia)
every four years. Dr. Flood organized and chaired the first WCPEC
in 1994 while he was Chief of the Photovoltaic and Space
Environments Branch at NASA.
Following the conference, Dr. Flood was the opening plenary
speaker at a special two-day workshop in Myazaki, Japan, the third in a series of such biennial
events. It was attended by a select group of scientists from
universities in Japan and Korea.
At this workshop, characterized by Dr. Flood as a "very
high-powered event," he presented Natcore's work on black silicon
and quantum dot solar cells.
While in Japan, Dr. Flood also
met with a Sharp Electronics team that is responsible for the
development of heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) solar
cells. These are super high efficiency devices that could result in
an efficiency of 25%. After exchanging non-disclosure agreements,
Sharp agreed to send HIT cells to Natcore, which will then put
all-back contacts on them using Natcore's proprietary laser
technology. In addition to further increasing cell efficiency, the
Natcore all-back-contact technique will lower production cost by
eliminating diffusion furnaces.
"The presentations at the World Conference, and my conversations
with attending solar manufacturers, confirm that Natcore is in a
leading position with regard to the next paradigm shift in solar
cell manufacturing," says Dr. Flood. "There are two reasons. First
is our work on black silicon antireflection control on n-type
wafers, and second is our work on laser-processed, integrated back
contacts (IBC) on n-type wafers."
"Our presence at this event with other industry leaders gave us
further exposure to a large and influential audience," says
Chuck Provini, Natcore President and
CEO. "It will certainly pay off for Natcore as we begin to market
our technology around the world."
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