Very good questions. But if I were you and you actually have a practical use for this technology, then inquire with the company and they may lead you to a scientist or someone who is testing out the technology currently. (The rest of this post I modified from a previous post on Yahoo): I understand from their 10-Q they are working with several entities now (1 formal JDA) to demonstrate their technology. They have a thin film GaAs production process that vastly reduced the cost of manufacturing and this is currently their main focus. But even though they seem think only GaAs cell producers would be interested in this, I think every solar cell OEM would be interested in this. Alta Devices Inc gave a talk a few weeks ago at a conference on Powering electric vehicles with solar Gallium Arsenide highlighting trends of smaller, more mobile, more connected and variety of operating environments requirements across different sectors such as automotive, unmanned systems, wearable devices, mobile devices, internet of things and remote power. GaAs was presented as the best available cell material with world record efficiency of 1 Watt per gram. They can produce 250 Watts per M2 outdoor in bright sun with light weight and thin properties where cells are 110 microns thick and 1 Watt per gram as well as being flexible and bendable. PS I have a feeling, based on that our process dramatically reduces the cost of producing thin film GaAs which has been an international goal going back to the 1960s, that we would have the interest of all the companies listed in 10-Q (Spectrolab, a subsidiary of Boeing; SolAero Technologies, Azur Space (Germany), MicroLink Devices, and Alta Devices (acquired by Hanergy Thin Film). SolAero, and Azur produce commercial GaAs solar cells for highly specialized applications such as military and space-borne systems, which are inelastic to the high prices associated with the technology.). As we continue to streamline the manufacturing process to produce them at a faster rate, reducing costs further, I believe they'll be even more interested. I wonder if Alta Devices presented a device produced using our process?
I have a feeling, just a hunch, though they don't express this in the 10-Q that they must be aware that major companies in the Solar Industry such as First Solar would be interested in their technology as well. After all they have an interest in organic solar and would also be very interested in being able to produce GaAs thin film solar cells at a very low cost. If you can get it down to any where near the cost of Si solar cells you have a literal gold mine.
