Photovoltaics - Mobilizing Clean, Efficient Technologies. Air Products is Your Supplier of Choice for Solar Cell Manufacturing Air Products Signs Supply Deal With Signet Solar “Photovoltaics, or PV for short, is a technology in which light is converted into electrical power. It is best known as a method for generating solar power by using solar cells packaged in photovoltaic modules, often electrically connected in multiples as solar photovoltaic arrays to convert energy from the sun into electricity. Solar cells produce direct current electricity from light, which can be used to power equipment or to recharge a battery. The first practical application of photovoltaics was to power orbiting satellites and other spacecraft and pocket calculators, but today the majority of photovoltaic modules are used for grid connected power generation. In this case an inverter is required to convert the DC to AC. There is a smaller market for off grid power for remote dwellings, roadside emergency telephones, remote sensing, and cathodic protection of pipelines. Our position as one of the leading suppliers of NF3, high-purity ammonia, helium and hydrogen combined with our complete supply chain and bulk delivery system expertise in silane enables Air Products to be the safest and most reliable long-term supplier to the thin-film photovoltaics industry and complements its existing crystalline PV offerings. With the demand for renewable energy and improved efficiency on the rise, Air Products is well positioned to take advantage of the emergent markets due to our experience in such areas as: large scale hydrogen supply for cleaner transportation fuels, developmental work on the hydrogen economy, hydrogen vehicle fueling and infrastructure issues, leading natural gas liquefaction technology, advanced materials for lithium ion electrolytes for longer-life batteries and the mounting supply of gases and services for photovoltaics. Air Products offers a complete portfolio for solar cell manufacture . To obtain additional more comprehensive information on our photovoltaic product offering, please contact Dave Tavianini at 610-481-6298 or via e-mail at taviand@airproducts.com . Also, please feel free to visit our Showcase Site to access our product catalog Air Products, through our Japanese JV partner, Daido Air Products (DAP) helped our customer, Showa Shell, achieve their goal of receiving the Japanese "Good Design Award 2007". DAP supplies Showa Shell with the hydrogen selenide (H 2 Se) gas Showa Shell uses in the formulation and production of their new solar cell technology. In granting this award, the Japanese Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO) states that this new technology system has 0.9 year payback, uses 1/100th of the materials of conventional solar batteries, and has superior cost performance and power generation stability. Click here for more information | 
