Title :
Process development for CuInSe2-based power modules
Author :
Britt, J. ; Delahoy, A. ; Butler, G. ; Faras, F. ; Muthaiah, A. ; Sizemore, A. ; Ziobro, F. ; Kiss, Z.
Author_Institution :
Energy Photovoltaics Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The authors report further advances in CuInSe2 photovoltaic technology aimed at a low cost manufacturing process. The incorporation of Ga into CIS has led to aperture area efficiencies over 8% for areas near one square foot. A modified selenization of Cu/InxSey stacks appear to be insensitive to variations in the Cu/In ratio. In-line manufacturing equipment has been constructed to prepare 50×125 cm modules with a power output of 50 watts
Keywords :
copper compounds; indium compounds; manufacturing processes; semiconductor device manufacture; semiconductor thin films; solar cell arrays; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; 125 cm; 50 W; 50 cm; Cu/InxSey stacks; CuInSe2; PV power modules; in-line manufacturing equipment; manufacturing process; photovoltaic technology; power output; process development; selenization; Adhesives; Apertures; Computational Intelligence Society; Copper; Foot; Glass; Indium; Manufacturing; Multichip modules; Photovoltaic cells;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1460-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.1994.519827
