Solar-Tectic LLC Has Been Awarded A Patent By The U.S. Patent And Trademark Office For Single Crystal Thin-Film Solar Cell Technology

The invention is a breakthrough for the semiconductor thin-film industry with a wide variety of applications

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Dec 18, 2014, 04:26 ET

BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y., Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Solar-Tectic LLC ("ST") announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a patent for technology which allows for the growth of single crystal semiconductor films on inexpensive substrates, such as glass. The technology was invented by the late Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, winner of the 1995 US Medal of Technology and Innovation, and has applications in various industries in addition to solar, such as displays and LEDs. US patent 8,916,455 titled "Method of Growing Heteroepitaxial Single Crystal of Large Grained Semiconductor Films on Glass Substrates and Devices Thereon" promises to solve a long standing challenge in materials science, namely, the growth of single crystal semiconductor films directly on amorphous substrates, such as glass. The technology can be applied using a variety of semiconductor materials such as silicon and germanium. The inexpensive, low temperature deposition process, involving eutectic alloys, is extremely well suited for large-scale industrial applications and can be carried out using either the common electron-beam (e-beam) method or a laser. The latter approach means that film deposition can take place out of vacuum.

The patent is jointly owned with Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA.

For general inquiries or for licensing of the technology, please contact Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP ([email protected]), 914-373-9294.

About Solar-Tectic LLC ("ST"): Solar-Tectic LLC is a patented technology thin-film specialist with a primary focus on developing single crystal semiconductor films on glass or other inexpensive substrates. The company has a wide portfolio of technologies and IP towards this end, based on inventions by the late Dr. Praveen Chaudhari, materials scientist and winner of the US National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1995). All the technologies being developed are consistent with Solar-Tectic's mission to provide cleaner and more accessible energy to fight climate change and poverty rampant in the world today. Solar-Tectic LLC's primary focus in this regard is solar cells, but also extends to LEDs, and superconducting wires. This past year several papers were published reporting advances in R&D. Solar-Tectic LLC is a member of iClean, a group of companies harbored at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY).

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