EIKOS AND NATIONAL RENEWABLE
ENERGY LABORATORY RECEIVE
BEST IN
CATEGORY AT IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION CONFERENCE
- Research on Replacement of ITO
and PEDOT in organic and ZnO in CIGS solar cells
presented at IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy
Conversion in Waikoloa, Hawaii -
FRANKLIN, MA, May 25, 2006 -- Eikos Inc., a developer and
licensor of highly transparent carbon nanotube (CNT) inks for conductive coatings
and circuits, in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
(NREL), received Best In Category Distinction for Novel Materials & Devices
for its poster presentation at the IEEE 4th World Conference on
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion in Waikoloa, Hawaii in May 2006.
The
presentation “Carbon Nanotubes as Transparent
Electrodes for Photovoltaics”, focused on Eikos Invisicon® carbon nanotube conductive coatings.
NREL/Eikos created organic solar cell structures using Invisicon® which achieved efficiencies of 2.6%
for devices with PEDOT (PolyEthyleneDiOxyThiophene)
and 1.4% for those without PEDOT. These results are higher than any other
organic devices employing transparent carbon nanotube electrodes reported to
date. Single Walled Nanotube transparent conductors offer versatile
materials options for photovoltaic applications such as solar cells.
Related
work under the same U.S. Department of Energy contract produced the world’s
first thin-film Copper Indium Gallium diSelenide
(CIGS) solar cell incorporating CNTs. An energy conversion efficiency of 12.98% was
achieved using Invisicon® as a substitution for doped Zinc Oxide in these cells. This work was also presented at the World
Conference.
Aspects
of this research are slated to be published in a major journal in the near
future, coauthored by NREL of Golden, CO and
Eikos of Franklin, MA.
About
Eikos
Eikos,
Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of highly transparent carbon nanotube inks
for conductive coatings and circuits for use in solar cells, flat panel
displays, OLED lighting, smart windows and other established
markets. Eikos’ patented Invisicon®
transparent conductors (‘nanowires’) will enable high volume, low cost production
of a thinner, more flexible and more durable conductive coating technology that
will displace Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), Zinc Oxide, PEDOT/PSS, and other
transparent conductors. A privately held company headquartered in
Franklin Massachusetts, Eikos has a number of licenses and development
contracts with major global companies,