Title :
Markets, manufacturing and technical progress in amorphous silicon photovoltaics in the US
Author_Institution :
Solarex Corp., Newtown, PA, USA
Abstract :
The current markets for a-Si solar cells are reviewed. The different manufacturing approaches being used in the United States are discussed. An update is also presented on recent progress in improving the properties of a-Si based alloys and on the development of relatively high-performance multijunction thin-film solar cells
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; United States; amorphous Si solar cells; high-performance multijunction thin-film solar cells; semiconductor; Amorphous materials; Amorphous silicon; Batteries; Costs; Crystallization; Degradation; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Photovoltaic cells; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the Twenty Second IEEE
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-636-5
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1991.169402
