Title :
Building a cost-effective, fabrication facility for silicon solar cell R&D and production
Author :
Crane, R.A. ; Verlinden, P.J. ; Swanson, R.M.
Author_Institution :
SunPower Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
A research and development and production facility for high-concentration silicon solar cells has been built by Sun-Power Corporation utilizing existing, surplus production equipment and fabrication facilities. It has been possible to create a 10 MW/year production capability while spending only 25% of the original equipment and facilities price. The 158 m2 (1700 ft2), class 100 clean room facility has produced silicon concentrator cells with efficiencies greater than 26% and one-sun silicon cells in the 22% range. To date, over 100 kW of cells have been manufactured
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; research and development management; silicon; solar cells; solar energy concentrators; 2 percent; 26 percent; Si; Si solar cell fabrication facility; Sun-Power Corporation; class 100 clean room facility; development; one-sun silicon cells; research; silicon concentrator cells; silicon solar cell production; surplus production equipment; Costs; Cranes; Fabrication; Foundries; Gases; Photovoltaic cells; Process design; Production facilities; Production materials; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3166-4
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1996.564060
