WOBURN, MA and ALBANY, NY--(Marketwired - May 2, 2013) - Magnolia Solar Corporation (
As part of the presentation at the SPIE DSS conference, Dr. Welser reviewed emerging technologies that can deliver highly efficient photovoltaic power generation in a flexible format. Emerging flexible photovoltaic technologies include Magnolia's previously announced flexible CIGS cells on titanium substrates. These cells, produced by the U.S. Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) on behalf of Magnolia Solar at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering's (CNSE) Solar Energy Development Center (SEDC) located in Halfmoon, New York, weigh less than 50 milligrams per square centimeter and generate nearly 275 watts of power per kilogram under standard terrestrial solar illumination. Magnolia Solar is also actively involved in the development of ultra-high efficiency thin-film solar cells employing III-V materials for defense applications.
Dr. Ashok K. Sood, President and CEO of Magnolia Solar Corporation, stated, "Flexible photovoltaic devices can provide a mobile source of electrical power for a variety of commercial and military applications in both space and terrestrial environments. Many of these applications can directly benefit from enhancements in efficiency and a reduction in the weight of the flexible photovoltaic devices. Magnolia Solar is developing and commercializing revolutionary flexible thin-film solar cell technologies employing nanostructured materials. Nanostructured materials enable photovoltaic devices to have total spectrum absorption by collecting solar energy from the ultraviolet to the deep infrared. With Magnolia's patent-pending approach, we expect to demonstrate high solar electric conversion efficiency over a wide range of operating conditions."
About Magnolia Solar Corporation
Based in Woburn, MA and Albany, NY, Magnolia Solar was founded in 2008 to develop and commercialize revolutionary flexible thin-film solar cell technologies that employ nanostructured materials and designs. Both higher current and higher voltage outputs are expected from thin-film solar cells that combine Magnolia's exclusive material structures with advanced optical coatings. Magnolia's patent-pending technology has the ability to capture a larger part of the solar spectrum to produce high efficiency solar cells, and incorporates a unique nanostructure-based antireflection coating technology to further increase solar cell efficiency, thereby reducing the cost per watt. The company is targeting a variety of civilian and defense applications for its photovoltaic solar cells. Magnolia's solar cell technology can be used to generate power for existing electrical grids, and is particularly well-suited for distributed and portable power generation applications.
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