Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Continues Its Contribution to New Age of Energy Generation

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (SSI), the American subsidiary of Shimadzu Corporation (TYO:7701), headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, continues to contribute to the new age of energy generation.

The company offers testing solutions for photovoltaic manufacturing processes and research and development that contribute to higher conversion efficiencies, reliability and yields from solar cells.

Shimadzu’s comprehensive line of analytical instruments can evaluate materials, as well as provide quality control for photovoltaic cells and modules during the manufacturing process. This includes testing of first, second and third generation photovoltaic cells created from silicon and non-silicon material such as polycrystalline silicone and dye-sensitized/organic thin films.

Founded in 1875, Shimadzu is a $2 billion multinational corporation with three major divisions: Medical Diagnostics, Aerospace/Industrial, and Analytical Instruments. The Analytical Division is one of the world´s largest manufacturers of analytical instrumentation and environmental monitoring equipment. In addition to Japan, Shimadzu products are manufactured in China, the Philippines, the U.K., and in Portland, Oregon. International sales, service, and technical support facilities are located in Germany, Singapore, Australia, China, Brazil, and Turkey, with numerous regional offices and distributors worldwide.

Applications of Shimadzu’s universal testers and thermal analyzers include: bending testing of thin silicon wafers; adhesive film peeling testing; strength and tensile fatigue testing of materials for flexible printed circuits; and thermal expansion testing of glass and films.

For cell process evaluation, Shimadzu’s spectrophotometers, spectrometers, high-performance liquid chromatographs and single nano particle size analyzers can be used in some of the following applications: evaluation of reflectance and transmission in UV, visible and NIR ranges; analysis of chemical bonding and status in surface/depth directions and composition analysis of films and buffer layers; composition analysis or organic compounds; and particle size and particle size distribution measurements on nano-order titanium oxide particles.

In 1975, SSI corporate headquarters was established in Columbia, Maryland to provide analytical solutions to a wide range of laboratories in North, Central, and parts of South America. In the U.S., SSI has a network of more than 50 locations.