道康宁公司的研究人员和科利多大学日前签署一项合作进行光伏研究的理解备忘录，该合作的主要目的是努力降低光伏成本，使其在全球能源比较方面更具有竞争力。
“道康宁公司和UT大学的共同目的是使全球的家庭和企业能够从太阳中获取清洁的能源。”道康宁副总及总工程师格瑞戈.赞可评论道“
商业团体和学院以及政府定的密切合作对于加速更新进的太阳能开发是极为重要的”
“自从UT的2007年（光伏研究及商业发展中心）PVIC成立以来，三年的努力发展使得UT大学与商业部分的合作能力有了极大的提高”罗伯特.科林教授该中心的首席调研人员介绍到。
“PVIC中心的全体科研人员将承诺全力以赴在光伏薄膜电池，纳米材料研究以及光伏电池发展上的同考康宁公司进行技术合作，并承诺加强道康宁公司在光伏材料生产和安装中的全球领导地位。PVIC科研人员也将承诺在下一代光伏产品的研究中，尽最大努力降低光伏电池成本以及提高光伏转化率。”
Researchers at Dow Corning and the University of Toledo (UT) have signed a memorandum of understanding to engage in collaborative discussions on photovoltaic (PV) solar research and development efforts to help reduce the cost of solar energy, in order to make it a viable and economically competitive energy option globally.
“Both Dow Corning and UT want homes and businesses throughout the world to take advantage of clean, renewable energy from the sun,” said Gregg Zank, senior vice president and chief technology officer of Dow Corning. “It is essential that businesses, academics and the government collaborate in order to accelerate the advancement of solar technologies.”
"UT's capabilities for industrial collaboration have been greatly strengthened over the last three years through the founding of the Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization - PVIC in 2007,” added Professor Robert Collins, the Center's Principal Investigator, a Distinguished University Professor and the NEG Endowed Chair in Silicate and Materials.
"PVIC affiliated faculty are committed to a collaboration with Dow Corning in which UT's expertise in photovoltaic thin film and nanomaterials research and solar cell development complements Dow Corning's global leadership in materials for PV manufacturing and installation. PVIC faculty are also deeply committed to our shared goals of lowering the cost and increasing the performance of the next generations of photovoltaics products."
The proposed collaboration between Dow Corning and UT, which could include the addition of other universities or businesses in the future, offers researchers from both organizations the opportunity to share data and technology while allowing both to protect their intellectual property.
The UT has a long history of scientific research and industrial collaboration in thin film photovoltaics. Faculty members from various departments at UT have been actively involved in research and development of PV materials, devices, and manufacturing for more than 25 years.
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