22 September 2011

Azur Space expands terrestrial CPV cell production with Aixtron MOCVD reactor

Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, Germany says that its metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system technology has been implemented at Azur Space Solar Power GmbH of Heilbronn, Germany, which has expressed satisfaction with the performance capabilities and Aixtron service for the production of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar cells for terrestrial applications. Aixtron Europe’s support team recently carried out commissioning of the reactor at Azur’s production complex.

Azur Space develops, produces and supplies bare solar cells for space and terrestrial CPV customers. Based on more than 40 years of experience in space solar cell technology, its range of products covers several types of silicon and III-V solar cells on germanium.

“We have worked with Azur for many years so there is a strong mutual confidence with Aixtron as an experienced technology partner,” says Aixtron’s chief operating officer Dr Bernd Schulte. “This will be continued with the new-generation system. Azur is highly capable of exploiting the process performance that is built-in with Aixtron equipment,” he adds.

“We selected Aixtron’s MOCVD technology due to its outstanding system-to-system reliability,” says Azur Space’s Dr Klaus-Dieter Rasch. “Aixtron MOCVD technology is the best choice for our application, not the least being because of the straightforward installation, commissioning and support service,” he adds. “The company has repeatedly demonstrated their flexibility to react promptly and efficiently to customer production capacity expansion needs. Excellent energy efficiency and high yield are amongst the other notable characteristics that have impressed technical staff at Azur.”

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