Magnolia gets US Patent on roll-to-roll CIGS
Magnolia Solar Corporation has announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Magnolia Solar, Inc., has been issued a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), describing a roll-to-roll process for making flexible copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cells.
Ashok K. Sood, president and CEO of Magnolia Solar, stated: "We have been aggressively pursuing more than a dozen US patent applications as a means to protect our intellectual property (IP) in the field of flexible photovoltaics. The 8,865,506 patent pertains to a novel manufacturing method utilising roll-to-roll solution processes. This technology has the potential to significantly reduce the manufacturing costs associated with the production of flexible photovoltaic modules."
Based in Albany, NY and Woburn, MA, Magnolia Solar was founded in 2008 to develop and commercialise flexible thin-film solar cell technologies that employ nanostructured materials and designs. Magnolia Solar is actively working on the development of flexible, lightweight, high-efficiency solar cell technologies for a wide range of portable power applications. Magnolia Solar's technology portfolio includes nanostructured antireflection coatings, advanced photovoltaic absorber structures, and novel, low-cost manufacturing processes.
