Selective etching for Advanced TOPCON & IBC

The ADE process meets the selective etching requirements of upcoming "Advanced TOPCON" solar cell architectures and IBC.

ADE for TOPCON cells - EUPVSEC 2022

In Milan's conference, Fraunhofer ISE presented its latest TOPCON cell developments, featuring ADE poly etching.

SiliconPV conference 2022

NINES PV will attend the 12th International conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics in Konstanz, Germany.

ADE for TOPCON cells

Latest TOPCON cell results from Fraunhofer ISE, using ADE for poly-Si wrap around removal

SiPV 2021 + nPV Workshop - conference

We will be attending the online SiPV + nPV Workshop conference, hosted by the Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH) from the 19-23 of April 2021.

Fraunhofer ISE integrates ADE + TOPCON

Fraunhofer ISE institute to publish their TOPCON + ADE process at EUPVSEC 2021 Lisbon.

ADE enabling TOPCON cells

ADE used successfully to fully remove the wrap around poly-silicon (poly-Si) in TOPCON cells.

NINES PV SECURES INVESTMENT FOR INDUSTRIALISATION

InnoEnergy new investment with NINES PV supports the development of a high throughput industrial ADE production tool.

ADE + PERC = 20.3% efficiency

NINES ADE texture demonstrates 20.3% mc-Si PERC cells at first try with Tier 1 cell manufacturer

SNEC - ADE Texturing solution among the Technology Highlights for 2017

NINES 's ADE process for diamond wire cut wafers described by jury as "effective, easy to implement" and "giving consistent efficiency improvement"

Minister Bruton officially opens pilote line

Nines Photovoltaics have Official opening of their Demonstrator Laboratory by Minister for Education Mr Richard Bruton

Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cell with 21.9 Percent Efficiency: Fraunhofer ISE Again Holds World Record

PVSEC-26 Singapor; 24-28 Oct 2016

Nines PV was invited to present their dry texturing solution for mc-Si and diamond-wire cut wafers.

Plasma-free dry-chemical texturing process for high-efficiency multicrystalline silicon solar cells

Latest research paper showcasing the ADE dry texturing technology for mc-Si wafers.

PERC and Black Silicon Battle It Out for Dominance in High-Efficiency Market

A recent article published by Energy Trend highlighs the strong market demand for dry texturing / black sillicon solutions, in particular in the context of high efficiency solar cells using diamond- wire cut mc-Si wafer.

SiliconPV 2016 - Chambery

Nines will be represented with a poster with Fraunhofer ISE.

New research paper published

New research paper published in Physica Status Solidi Rapid Research Letters

Intersolar Europe 2015

NINES PV will attend from the 9th to the 11th of June, Munich.

Cells efficiency of 18%

NINES PV ADE DRY TEXTURING PROCESS DEMONSTRATES 18% MC-SI SOLAR CELL AND ENABLES DIAMOND WIRE CUT MC-SI WAFER SOLAR CELLS

SNEC 2015 - Shanghai

Nines PV will attend the SNEC PV power expo in Shanghai to presente and promote the ADE process.

PVTaiwan 2014

Nines will attend PVTaiwan from the 22nd to the 24th of October. PV Taiwan 2014 also known as Photovoltaic Forum & Exhibition Taiwan, will be held in Taipei, Taiwan in Taipei World Trade Center.

PV Fab Managers Forum in Shanghai

Nines will attend the next PV Fab Managers Forum in Shanghai - 17 and 18 March 2014.

Latest: 17.3% mc-Si cells

Nines PV have now demonstrated a multi-crystalline cell efficiency of 17.3%. The cell process used the 9sADE100 tool in order to apply the ONYX texture.

Nines PV will attend and present at the PVSEC 2013 in Paris

For many years, the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) has combined a renowned international scientific Conference with a leading PV Industry Exhibition and trade fair.

Nines Photovoltaics appoints sales agent in North America

Nines PV have engaged North American Nanotech, Inc.as exclusive sales agent in the North American market.

Nines Photovoltaics appoints Merconics GmbH & Co. KG as its sales agent for Central Europe

Dublin based solar cell equipment manufacturer, Nines Photovoltaics (NinesPV) have just launched their worldwide sales strategy, engaging merconics GmbH. as exclusive sales agent in the Central European market.

Nines PV will attend the 3rd SiliconPV 2013 conference - 25th to the 27th of March

SiliconPV 2013, the 3rd International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics, will focus on advanced technologies and materials for crystalline silicon solar cells and modules.

Nines Photovoltaics ships first industrial tool to Fraunhofer ISE, Germany

Nines Photovoltaics  has completed the build of its first industrial silicon wafer processing tool and has recently shipped it to the Fraunhofer ISE Germany, the largest solar energy research institute in Europe, where it will be installed and validated in a production environment.

Nines PV will attend and present a poster at EU PVSEC 2012

The EU PVSEC 2012, Frankfurt, 27th European Photovoltaics Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, is the largest international Conference for Photovoltaic research, technologies and applications, and at the same time one of the top international PV Industry Exhibitions.

Nines PV closes successfully another funding round

The round of funding was led by Irish clean tech investor, Simple.ie, through its Green Employment & Investment Incentive (EII) Fund and was supported by a number of key private investors including the Irish State via Enterprise Ireland. This brings the total funding raised by the company to date to over €2.5m including €1.2m through FP7 European Funding, which was announced in June 2011.

Nines PV elected among "2011 Champions of Photovoltaics" by Photovoltaics World

Photovoltaics world awards for recognition in the exiting and evolving field of photovoltaics. Record breaking efficiencies achieved in the lab make for exciting headlines, but where reality hits the road, the roof and the ground is with technology that goes into commercial cells and modules. Nines PV was recognise as “champions of photovoltaics” in a category that celebrates putting new developments into practice at the cell level, with its potentially disruptive atmospheric dry etching technology.

26th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition - Hamburg

Nines PV will attend the conference.

Nines PV successful in securing 1.6MEuro FP7 R&D project

Nines Photovoltaics was awarded EUR1.2 million in funding (1.6M total budget) through a highly competitive European Framework Programme 7 (FP7), to further develop its innovative  sustainable solar cell manufacturing technology.