In
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2006 Wafertech.co.uk
Wafer Technology Shares in DTI Award to Develop new InP based
Thermophotovoltaic Devices
Wafer Technology is pleased to announce its participation in a
new project to develop high efficiency ThermoPhotoVoltaic (TPV)
cell technology based on InP substrate material. In partnership
with the Centre for Integrated Photonics and Oxford University,
funding from the DTI and EPSRC through the Technology Programme
will support a three year project to develop low cost high efficiency
TPV cells based on the InGaAs/InP material system.
Wafer Technology will be responsible for developing a new range
of low cost InP substrate technologies. CIP will perform epitaxial
growth, device fabrication and testing, and the University of Oxford
will engage in cell design and the fabrication of fully packaged
TPV modules.
Ray
Brunton, the Company’s Crystal Growth Operations Manager
commented “As Europe’s leading manufacturer of InP
substrates and the main producer worldwide of GaSb used in existing
TPV devices, Wafer Technology has a long standing involvement in
TPV technology through other collaborative projects, and is ideally
placed to assess, control and exploit the effects of starting material
quality and price on the performance and cost of TPV devices”
Minister
for Science and Innovation Lord Sainsbury said: “The
Technology Strategy helps develop competitive advantage for British
businesses so they can be at the cutting edge of the global knowledge-based
economy.
“It
is about encouraging collaboration in order that companies can
invest for the future
and develop
new world-beating products.
“I
congratulate the project participants and wish them every success.”
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THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME
This
project is part-funded by a Collaborative R&D grant under
the Technology Programme.
The
Technology Programme, launched in 2004, is investing directly
in new and emerging technologies
identified by the Technology Strategy
Board, and has been designed to help businesses work collaboratively
with each other or with academic partners to develop technologies
that will underpin products and services of the future. The Technology
Programme provides funding using two of the DTI's business support
products: Collaborative Research & Development and Knowledge
Transfer Networks. To
date the Technology Programme has allocated more than £300m
to Collaborative R&D competitions, awarding grants ranging
from £30,000 to £2.2 million. Around 220 projects have
been funded spread over 25 technology areas. Eighteen (18) Knowledge
Transfer Networks have also been established with funding of around £40m
over 3 years.
Further information can be found at: www.dti.gov.uk/technologyprogramme.
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