DocumentCode
3342758
Title
CIS manufacturing at the megawatt scale
Author
Wieting, Robert D.
Author_Institution
Shell Solar Industries, Camarillo, CA, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
19-24 May 2002
Firstpage
478
Lastpage
483
Abstract
CIS has the potential to be the lowest-cost photovoltaic technology. This paper will provide an overview of CIS manufacturing at Shell Solar, review two important improvements in process technology made en route from lab to pilot line to factory, and examine some initial lessons at the beginning of the real manufacturing learning curve. Finally, it will look at future manufacturing R&D challenges.
Keywords
copper compounds; indium compounds; process control; semiconductor device manufacture; solar cells; ternary semiconductors; CIS manufacturing; CuInSe2; Shell Solar; manufacturing challenges; megawatt scale; process technology; Assembly; Computational Intelligence Society; Costs; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing processes; Production; Pulp manufacturing; Silicon; Substrates; Thin film circuits;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE
ISSN
1060-8371
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7471-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190563
Filename
1190563
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