The European research center to invest 9 million euros of Dow Corning officially put into operation of research and development

Focus on the application of silicon materials to respond to major social challenges in the field of renewable energy and energy efficiency

Today, the Dow Corning announced solar energy exploration and development of advanced the company is located in the Belgian seynhaeve (SEED) Research Center recently completed, and has been put into use. The research center is focused on the development and exploration of new materials and technologies that will help to develop renewable energy and improve energy efficiency.

As one of the world's Dow Corning research institutions, the existing SEED research center in Belgium, Britain and Germany's European R & D facilities on the basis of the further expansion of the Dow Corning in the area of scientific research ability. The goal of the research is to help solve the major problems of the modern society through innovation, including how to make renewable energy become a viable sustainable energy program, and how to deal with the challenges brought by the rapid development of urbanization.

Dow Corning senior vice president and chief technology officer of chapter Geke (Gregg Zank) said: "the chemist, scientists and engineers to guide the future direction of the development of human. They use innovative methods, the development of new products, rich human life, protect the earth's environment. Study on the network in the SEED Global Research Center, Dow Corning, silicon technology we develop together with customers, will continue to be the driving force of growth in Europe and the world and sustainable development. "

SEED research center by the solar solutions application center and silicone technology center, the solar cell laboratory is the first laboratory in this category of Dow Corning, and the company is located in the United States and South Korea solar solutions application center together form a complete solar energy solution to global R & D network.

Vice president of Dow Corning solar division Eric Peeters said: "Dow Corning Europe solar solutions application center is an important part of our global innovation ability, the establishment of the center will increase between us and European customers and major research institutions cooperation ability. Our focus will continue to focus on reducing the cost of solar energy, so that solar energy is more competitive than traditional energy sources. "

The solar solutions application center can make the Dow Corning engineers and scientists to better together with customers in close cooperation, development and evaluation of solar cell materials solutions.

Experimental facilities include:

- 1 test production line, can start from all aspects of solar silicon production manufacturing production.

1 - team consisting of scientists, technicians and engineers using highly specialized team, committed to the development of the silicon wafer, the equipment used for the production of solar cells is the standard size of the equipment.

- can produce not only standard solar cell, can also use innovative technology to develop a new generation of solar cells, solar energy industry to meet the needs of the future.

- 2 dedicated to the development of novel silicon based materials laboratory, developed for solar cell production and installation of required materials, these materials can improve the battery performance, durability and efficiency, at the same time, but also reduce the total cost per kwh.

The aim of the research activities of the silicon technology center is to develop the next generation silicon based materials technology and application, which is mainly used to improve the energy efficiency of construction, automotive, electronics and LED lighting equipment. For example, Dow Corning is actively exploring the windows market full of opportunities, to improve building energy efficiency; and the lithium battery technology, to reduce the dependence on power supply of electric vehicles; and help to improve the efficiency of the LED luminous body silicon technology.

As a proof of Dow Corning innovation in Europe's commitment to the SEED research center is an important component of global research network. In Europe, the company has a total of 200 engineers and technical staff dedicated to the development of silicon-based technology solutions for the construction, electronics, medical and other industries to provide innovative solutions.

The SEED research center is built with the latest energy saving technology, so it is in itself a good case to demonstrate the sustainable innovation goals of high performance buildings using silicon based technologies and materials.

Note: click on www.dowcorning.com/seed to visit the Center Online

About Dao Kangning

Dao Kangning (www.dowcorning.com.cn) provides enhanced performance solutions to meet the diverse needs of more than 25 thousand customers worldwide. As a global leader in silicone, silicon-based technology and innovation in the field of 7000, Dow Corning offers a variety of products and services through the Dow Corning brand and XIAMETER brand. Dow Corning is a company by the Dow Chemical Company and Corelle company of equal ownership of the joint venture company.

Hemlock is the joint venture company Dow Corning semiconductor group (by Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation and Hemlock Semiconductor, L.L.C) of the major shareholders. Hemlock semiconductor is the world's leading supplier of polysilicon and silicon based products for the production of semiconductor devices, solar cells and modules. Hemlock Semiconductor was established in 1961, since 2005, a total investment of $4 billion.