Nanoshift has become a leader in developing Solar Cell Devices for Photovoltaic applications.  A number of today’s most promising solar companies engage us for their development and ramp up pilot production programs.  

As it relates to the solar industry, Nanoshift has invested appreciable efforts to become versatile in fabricating custom, working solar cells.  We regularly run both engineering test lots for novel solar device fabrication as well as standard lots for deliverables with higher yield.  We are tooled to handle nearly all techniques of semiconductor processing, so we are able to run all standard and novel solar processes in a very timely, comprehensive and organized manner which is currently unavailable elsewhere.  Our technical staff is trained to handle the fragility that comes with these non-standard to the semiconductor industry thin solar cell substrates.  We have characterized important processes for cell fabrication such as wet and dry texturing, solar substrate lithography, POCL3 doping, and thin film processes such as CVD, LPCVD and PECVD for anti-reflective, protective and conductive coatings.  These efforts along with our very own specialized process techniques and know-how allows us to successfully develop and produce leading next generation solar devices.  

Specialized Solar services available from Nanoshift:

• Ability to handle solar substrates in the form of wafers, pseudo-squares up to 8” for select processes* 

• Micron scale lithography design and capabilities for patterning onto solar substrates

• Horizontal POCL3 and Solid State P and N type doping furnace processing for junctions**

• Variable thickness thin film depositions for different temperature requirements:  Oxide, Nitride, Amorphous Silicon, CVD, LPCVD, PECVD, Evaporation, Sputtering, Ebeam***, FIB***

• Amorph. silicon deposition

• Custom Metal Plating for thick metal layers

* Will handle small/custom pieces to 5”, 6”, 7” and 8” round and pseudo square substrates

** Can target desired Sheet resistance/resistivity specs

*** Non-standard but available for custom development projects