Momentive Performance Materials Enhances CIGS Solar Cell Manufacturing with New Line of Pyrolytic Boron Nitride and Pyrolytic Graphite Crucibles, Heaters and Coatings.New Products offer potential for cost of ownership, and chemical and thermal stability advantages over alternative ceramic materials STRONGSVILLE, Ohio Strongsville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 43,858 as of the 2000 Census. The current mayor, Thomas Perciak, was elected in November 2003 following the death of longtime mayor Walter F. Ehrnfelt in May. -- Momentive Performance Materials Inc. recently launched a new product line of Pyrolytic py·rol·y·sis n. Decomposition or transformation of a compound caused by heat. py  ro·lyt Boron Nitride Boron nitride (BN) is a binary chemical compound, consisting of equal proportions of boron and nitrogen. The empirical formula is therefore BN. Boron nitride is isoelectronic to the elemental forms of carbon and isomorphism occurs between the two species. (PBN PBN Paint By NumberPBN Procurement Business Number PBN Pyrolytic Boron Nitride PBN Policy-Based Networking PBN Performance-Based Navigation PBN Progressive Bengali Network PBN Paintball Nation PBN Permanent Background Notices ) crucibles, heaters and coatings to consider for the enhancement of the production of CIGS CIGS Ceilings (general aviation weather) CIGS Copper Indium Gallium Selenide CIGS Chief of the Imperial General Staff (WWII British) CIGS Centro de Instrução de Guerra na Selva (copper, indium, gallium, selinide) solar cells. Compared to other ceramic materials, PBN potentially provides a higher level of chemical and thermal stability and a lower total cost of ownership. Due to the relatively low wetting of PBN by most molten metals, PBN typically withstands the high temperature and high-volume throughput demands of CIGS solar cell manufacturing with minimal deterioration. "We're confident that our new Pyrolytic Boron Nitride products will deliver exceptional performance and longevity for CIGS solar cell manufacturers," said John Mariner, heater systems product manager, Momentive Quartz and Ceramics. "With these new products, we've built upon the capabilities of materials long used in the demanding semiconductor manufacturing environment." Pyrolytic Boron Nitride (PBN) is an anistropic, high-temperature ceramic that exhibits a unique combination of high electrical resistance Electrical resistance Opposition of a circuit to the flow of electric current. Ohm's law states that the current I flowing in a circuit is proportional to the applied potential difference V. and good thermal conductivity. This non-toxic, non-porous compound is exceptionally pure by virtue of the synthesis process (high temperature/low press chemical vapor deposition Vapor deposition Production of a film of material often on a heated surface and in a vacuum. Vapor deposition technology is used in a large variety of applications. ). It can be deposited or easily machined into a wide variety of shapes, including crucibles, boats, tubes, bottles and machined plate products. As coatings on graphite, it may help protect heaters and evaporation sources from the corrosive effect of molten metals. PBN's directional thermal conductivity provides excellent "heat spreading" capability for improved temperature uniformity. The combination of high strength, good thermal conductivity and a low coefficient of thermal expansion coefficient of thermal expansion, n See expansion, thermal coefficient. make the materials extremely resistant to thermal shock. To find out more about Momentive Pyrolytic Boron Nitride and Pyrolytic Graphite crucibles, heaters and coatings, please call 800.822.4322 in North America (+440.878.5700 everywhere else) or visit www.momentive.com. About Momentive Performance Materials Momentive Performance Materials is a premier specialty materials company providing high technology materials solutions to the silicones, quartz and ceramics markets. The company is a global leader with worldwide operations, a robust product portfolio, industry-leading research and development capabilities, and a long tradition of service excellence. Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. is owned by an affiliate of Apollo Management, L.P. Additional information is available at www.momentive.com. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion