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Energy Conversion Devices was an American photovoltaics manufacturer of thin-film solar cells made of amorphous silicon used in flexible laminates and in building-integrated photovoltaics. The company was also a manufacturer of rechargeable batteries and other renewable energy related products. ECD was headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michigan. On February 14, 2012, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. and its subsidiaries, United Solar Ovonic LLC and Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc. filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.〔http://www.uni-solar.com/chapter-11-restructuring/〕 Through its wholly owned subsidiary United Solar Ovonic, LLC (also called Uni-Solar), which was located in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Energy Conversion Devices was at one time the world's largest producer of flexible solar panels with a light, durable product that provided high total energy production. == Company == Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD), through its United Solar Ovonic (USO) subsidiary, was engaged in building-integrated and rooftop photovoltaics (PV). The Company manufactured, sold and installed thin-film solar laminates that converted sunlight to electrical energy. The Company operated in two segments: United Solar Ovonic and Ovonic Materials. The Company’s USO segment consisted of its wholly owned subsidiary, United Solar Ovonic LLC, which was engaged in manufacturing of PV laminates designed to be integrated directly with roofing materials. The Ovonic Materials segment invented, designed and developed materials and products based on ECD’s materials science technology. ECD, through its subsidiaries, commercialized materials, products and production processes for the alternative energy generation (primarily solar energy), energy storage and information technology markets. Ovonics (coined from "Ovshinsky" and "electronics") is a field of electronics that uses materials able to change from an electrically nonconducting state to a semiconducting state shown by glass of special composition upon application of a certain minimum voltage. The most important example is phase change memory. Scientist-entrepreneur Stanford R. Ovshinsky pioneered the field and coined the term after he founded Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) in 1960 to further his research in amorphous semiconductors. ECD Ovonics worked to create non-polluting, non-climate-changing energy sources. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD): *Was a producer of flexible solar panels. *Activity included NiMH, solid-state hydrogen fuel storage, regenerative fuel cells, and solar. *Founder Stanford Ovshinsky was honored as "Hero for the planet" by Time Magazine in 1999, and inducted into the U.S.-based Solar Energy Hall of Fame in 2005.() *ECD Ovonics stock was listed on the NASDAQ with symbol ENER and on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, before being delisted after filing for bankruptcy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Energy Conversion Devices」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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