engineering the solar age - Suppliers for Photovoltaics

The world leader in gases for industry

Air Liquide is the world leader in gases for industry, health and the environment, and is present in 80 countries with 42,300 employees. Oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen and rare gases have been at the core of the company’s activities since its creation in 1902. Using these molecules, Air Liquide continuously reinvents its business, anticipating the needs of current and future markets.

Air Liquide’s Electronics division supplies ultra-pure and specialty gases, new molecules and precursors, related equipment and distribution systems, as well as customized services, and has over 1,000 people working at its customers’ sites worldwide.

The Group has served the semiconductor, flat panel display, LED and photovoltaic industries since its early days.

The industry partner for gases and precursors in solar PV

Leveraging its vast expertise in specialty gases & materials, Air Liquide Electronics has today become the preferred partner of the leading solar cell manufacturers, supplying a full range of products and services, optimized to customer needs, to over 150 crystalline silicon, silicon thin-film, CIGS and CdTe cell manufacturers:

• bulk & specialty gases (SiH₄, NH₃, NF₃…)
• advanced gases and precursors (Si₂H₆, H₂Se, …)
• specialty & liquid chemicals (DEZ, POCl₃ ,…)
• turnkey gas and chemical installations
• total gas and chemicals management at customer sites

Partnering with the industry leaders, Air Liquide Electronics is directly involved in helping reduce its customers’ costs per Watt peak, continuously improving its offer and delivering best-in-class solutions for the most advanced and innovative photovoltaic technologies.

The company in the recent years strengthened its global infrastructure by building twelve regional Electronic Materials Centers, strategically positioned in China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, South East Asia, Europe/MENA and the USA, in order to provide the necessary backup infrastructure and ensure the safe & uninterrupted supply of electronics materials to our PV customers 24/7, together with adequate safety standards.