Title :
New technology developments of solar cell fabrication by NEDO
Author :
Katsumata, Hiroshi ; Ihara, Takuro ; Tatekura, Fujio
Author_Institution :
NEDO, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The development of solar cell fabrication technologies is being conducted in the 1993-96 segment of the “New Sunshine Program”. To date, a conversion efficiency of above 20% has been obtained with solar cells using III-V group compound semiconductors and single crystal silicon. Challenging R&D is under way on solar cells using amorphous silicon, polycrystalline silicon, and compound thin films, designed to lower solar cell production cost. This paper presents the goals, content, and present situations of development with these solar cell fabrication technologies
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; research initiatives; semiconductor thin films; solar cell arrays; solar cells; III-V group compound semiconductors; NEDO; New Sunshine Program; Si; amorphous semiconductor; compound thin films; conversion efficiency; polycrystalline semiconductor; production cost; single crystal semiconductors; solar cell fabrication; technology developments; Casting; Costs; Fabrication; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Production; Research and development; Semiconductor thin films; Silicon; Solar power generation;
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.1994.521671
