Title :
Amorphous silicon-based minimodules with silicone elastomer encapsulation
Author :
Vijh, Aarohi ; Deng, Xunming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Toledo Univ., OH, USA
Abstract :
We recently fabricated one and two cell, amorphous silicon based mini-modules encapsulated with a modern silicone elastomer. The quality of the encapsulation was found to be good. This paper reports details of this experiment.
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; amorphous semiconductors; elastomers; encapsulation; silicones; solar cells; SiGe; amorphous silicon-based minimodules; one-cell minimodule; silicone elastomer encapsulation; solar cells; two-cell minimodule; Amorphous materials; Bars; Curing; Encapsulation; Glass; Indium tin oxide; Photovoltaic cells; Polymers; Temperature; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2005. Conference Record of the Thirty-first IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8707-4
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488444
