Alta Devices

Alta Devices
Company typePrivate
IndustrySolar Energy, photovoltaics
Founded2007
Defunct2019
HeadquartersSunnyvale, California
Key people
Jian Ding, Senior Vice President of Hanergy Thin Film and CEO of Alta Devices; Founders: Eli Yablonovitch, Harry Atwater
ProductsPhotovoltaic system, Solar Panels
Number of employees
250
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20191008223203/https://www.altadevices.com/ (archived Oct. 8, 2019)

Alta Devices was a US-based specialty gallium arsenide (GaAs) PV manufacturer, which claimed to have achieved a solar cell conversion efficiency record of 29.1%, as certified by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE CalLab.[1][2][3]

The company has ceased operations.[1][4]

  1. ^ a b Wesoff, Eric (December 3, 2019). "Hanergy-owned Alta Devices laid off 250 employees without notice". PV Magazine USA. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "Alta Devices sets GaAs solar cell efficiency record at 29.1%, joins NASA space station testing". PV Tech. 13 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Alta sets flexible solar record with 29.1% GaAs cell". optics.org.
  4. ^ "Hanergy named in class action complaint by ex-employees at Alta Devices". PV Magazine. 3 February 2020.