HelioVolt Thin Film Solar Technology
Another high efficiency solar technology reaching commercialization stage, uses Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) thin film. ...
... "HelioVolt is commercializing its FASST process to manufacture CIGS, nature's most efficient photovoltaic material. Recently lauded as a 2006 Wall Street Journal Innovation of the Year and a Time Magazine Best Invention of 2006, HelioVolt's CIGS thin film technology is 100 times thinner, and 100 times more absorbent, than traditional silicon and 10 times faster to produce than alternative CIGS manufacturing methods. " ...Via HelioVolt: Thin Film Solar Producer Funding