Title :
CIS manufacturing at the megawatt scale
Author :
Wieting, Robert D.
Author_Institution :
Shell Solar Industries, Camarillo, CA, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7471-1
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190563
