Advances in material/cell/submodule research in the DOE/SERI amorphous silicon research project

Author

Wallace, W. ; Ohi, J. ; Luft, W. ; Stafford, B. ; Sabisky, E.

Author_Institution

Solar Energy Res. Inst., Golden, CO, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

1988

Firstpage

328

Abstract

Advances in material, cell, and submodule research in the DOE/SERI Amorphous Silicon Research Project (ASRP) are reviewed. The program was initiated in 1987, directed toward achieving the following objectives in 1990: (i) efficiencies of 10% and 13% respectively, for amorphous silicon single-junction and multijunction submodules (1000 cm²) and (ii) an efficiency of 18% for multijunction cells (1 cm²), with associated stability criteria. Efficiency levels are currently at 9.4% and 11.1% for single-junction and multijunction submodules and at 13.14% for multijunction cells. A review is also given of major highlights in fundamental research activities.

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; research initiatives; silicon; solar cells; 10 percent; 11.1 percent; 13 percent; 18 percent; 9.4 percent; DOE/SERI; efficiencies; multijunction; research project; single-junction; stability; Amorphous silicon; Commercialization; Companies; Costs; Crystallization; Manufacturing; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Solar power generation; Stability criteria; US Department of Energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1988., Conference Record of the Twentieth IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1988.105715

Filename

105715