Painted components in the automotive industry

Results of 18 month project duration

    WP1 Plasma chemical etching for c-Si photovoltaics
    WP3 Structuring of TCO layers for TF-Photovoltaics
    WP5 Infection control: Process and Materials studies
    WP7 Energy storage – Process and materials R&D
    WP9 Interface technologies for durable adhesion
    WP11 Cross-cutting equipment development

Integration

A key aspect of this “Integrating Project” is the potential benefit from cooperation cross-over boundaries of traditional areas. Whilst we have focused the R&D activities along the four “Impact Areas” being selected, we have established strong horizontal “cross-cutting” technology links based on the underpinning technologies for high throughput manufacturing. Horizontal technology platforms to support “cross fertilisation” have been established in:

• Atmospheric pressure CVD technologies,
• Atmospheric plasmas,
• Surface treatment / etching and nucleation strategies for 3D nano-structuring,
• Surface 3D-nano structure and thin film analysis, and
• Process monitoring & control, quality assessment.