Perovskite equipment makers

Aixtron

Aixtron AG is a provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry. The company's technology solutions are used to build advanced components for electronic and opto-electronic applications based on compound, silicon, or organic semiconductor materials.

Aixtron trades in the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, and in the NASDAQ Stock Exchange (AIXG).

AIXTRON combines expertise and innovation required to develop highly complex technologies and manufacture what it describes as the most productive MOCVD systems in the world. The company aims to enable future applications, such as the LEDs, power electronics, and photovoltaic materials.

Aixtron works in close collaboration with renowned research centers, universities and industry partners. In addition, Aixtron will be advancing research on perovskite solar cells within the “PeroBOOST” project together with University of Cologne, Enerthing, Lunovu, SOLUXX, the Center for Organic Electronics Cologne (ZOEK), the Fraunhofer ISE Laboratory and Service Center Gelsenkirchen, and Duisburg-Essen University.

Bergfeld Lasertech

Bergfeld Lasertech logo imageBergfeld Lasertech is a Germany-based company that develops laser processes for material processing. With 17 years experience in laser process development, Bergfeld specializes in laser processes for the photovoltaic, organic and flexible electronics, display and lighting technology as well as the automotive industry and special research applications.

With its various laser systems in Aachen and at FH Aachen Campus Jülich, Bergfeld develops laser processes and does contract manufacturing projects. It offers various systems and equipment, including all types of laser systems and optical systems and assemblies for integration into machines and more. In addition, Bergfeld develops varied test systems and laboratory equipment.

Brightspot Automation

BrightSpot Automation provides the solar energy industry and photovoltaic researchers with specialized manufacturing and measurement tools. Its focus is on helping to improve module durability and performance.

The Company defines itself as 'the solar cell crack and contact resistance experts', and has testing solutions for all PV technologies including Silicon, CdTe, CIGS, and perovskites.

The Company offers various products like camera systems, EL testing equipment and more, as well as services related to its portfolio of products, like:

  • Testing/measurements/data-analysis
  • Field EL and UVF testing of mounted panels
  • Indoor EL testing of pallets of panels
  • Enhancement of your EL and UVF images and independent analysis reporting including pass/fail or quality level quantification, risk assessment, and likely origin of different defect types
  • Strategic assessments
  • Choice of modules for project
  • Early stage planning of projects relating to factory EL images, pre- and post-installation testing, and acceptance criteria
  • Due diligence investigations

BT Imaging

BT Imaging logo imageBT Imaging is a global provider of luminescence imaging solutions for the photovoltaic R&D community and industry.

Its products are used not only by leading research organizations but also by various Tier 1 PV manufacturers for the inspection of crystalline silicon and thin film photovoltaic materials, solar cells and modules.

The Company creates customized solutions for its customers, adapting its products and applications to novel materials and devices, including the emerging class of perovskite solar cells.

Coatema Coating Machinery

Germany-based Coatema, founded in 1974, is a PV equipment company that designs and produces Sheet-to-Sheet and Roll-to-Roll equipment for the coating, printing and laminating sectors. Among its products are roll-to-roll processing solutions that cover the whole range from lab or pilot to production scale and are suitable for flexible organic, perovskite, and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) technologies.

The largest in this line of PV roll-to-roll products is Click&Coat, a model with working web widths of 300 mm, 500 mm and 1,000 mm. It is designed to be customized with over 30 different process modules, including dryer, laminator, laser process, cutting, and quality control equipment.

For coating alone, there are over 20 modules available, including gravure, doctor blade, slot die coating, rotary screen, curtain coating, and screenprinting. As for drying, the company offers further choices, such as hot air, infrared, UV crosslinking, and jet drying.

Enli Technology

Enli Technology logo imageEnli Technology is a manufacturer of scientific & metrological instruments. Enli is dedicated to providing Quantum Efficiency Measurement and IV characterization equipment, providing total solutions for various kinds of customers, from academia to industry.

Enli's solutions for perovskite research include measurement and analysis tools.

Eternal Sun Spire

Eternal Sun specializes in solar simulators for PV testing. It enables solar labs and PV manufacturers to accurately measure the performance and reliability of all PV module technologies and sizes.

 

FOM Technologies

FOM Technologies logoDenmark-based FOM Technologis develops slot-die coating machines for lab- and pilot-scale development of new functional thin film coatings and devices. The company was spun-off from the R2R materials & process research lab at the Technical University of Denmark.

FOM offers miniaturized slot-die coating tools for scalable perovskite PV development, and can provide customized R2R pilot lines from early-stage to production-ready processes.

FOM Technologies is a public company (NASDAQ: FOM.CO).

The company is part of a 3-year $4 million DoE-supported project that aims to develop industrial manufacturing processes of large area Perovskite tandem solar panels at Hanwha Q-cells' US-based factories.

Gosan Tech

Gosan Tech / Gosantech is a South Korea-based manufacturer of inkjet process equipment for display and solar cell production.

Established in 2015, Gosantech's team of inkjet process and equipment experts and has been recognized for its excellent R&D performance, supplying to big display panel manufacturers and equipment manufacturers in Korea.

Gosantech has developed new equipment for Perovskite Inkjet Process and is supplying equipment to Perovskite Solar Cell manufacturers. Gosantech has inkjet printing devices and equipment technology that can be applied not only to rigid substrates based on glass, but also to roll-to-roll processes based on flexible substrates, and has secured durability and chemical resistance to strong solvents that are inevitably used.

In order to improve the quality of Perovskite film using the inkjet process, a printing algorithm (developed in-house) can be applied, and printing technology using AI is also planned to be applied.

Inert

Inert logoInert (established in 1981 and previously known as Innovative Technology) offers standardized and custom built Inert Atmosphere Gloveboxes, Gas Management Systems and Solvent Purification Systems.