Rayton Solar is Primed for US Solar Dominance

Rayton Solar is a US solar corporation and solar cell manufacturer. We’ve developed a proprietary approach to produce the most cost-effective solar cells and panels using particle accelerator technology. Rayton’s technology has the unique ability to eliminate up to 95% of kerf loss and make the most efficient solar wafers available on the market for 60% cheaper. This estimation is based on both the estimated reduction in raw material savings and reduced ion implantation costs. Kerf is defined as the width of material that is being removed by a cutting process. In the case of a diamond wire saw which is the conventional tool for cutting a solar silicon ingot, kerf loss is high—upwards of 50% of the silicon is wasted. Additionally, these methods are limited in their capacity— wafers cannot be cut thinner than 80-200 microns due to mechanical friction. In contrast, our method has the capacity to create a 2-micron thick solar cell wafer with zero waste, using a far more efficient semiconductor material in Gallium Arsenide (GaAs). GaAs is used today in a handful of applications primarily by NASA and the military for satellites, spacecraft, and UAVs, but it produces a far more efficient solar cell when compared to silicon.