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Title: Large-area, triple-junction a-Si alloy production scale-up. Semiannual subcontract report, 17 March 1994--18 September 1994

Abstract

This report describes work performed under a 3-year subcontract to advance Solarex`s photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing technologies, reduce its hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) module production costs, increase module performance, and expand the Solarex commercial production capacity. During the period covered by this report, Solarex focused on (1) improving deposition of the front contact, (2) investigating alternate feed stocks for the front contact, (3) maximizing throughput and area utilization for all laser scribes, (4) optimizing a-Si:H deposition equipment to achieve uniform deposition over large areas, (5) optimizing the triple-junction module fabrication process, (6) evaluating the materials to deposit the rear contact, and (7) optimizing the combination of isolation scribe and encapsulant to pass the wet high-potential test.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Solarex Corp., Newtown, PA (United States). Thin Film Div.
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Solarex Corp., Newtown, PA (United States). Thin Film Div.
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
41329
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-411-7682
ON: DE95004067; TRN: AHC29512%%67
DOE Contract Number:  
AC36-83CH10093
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Mar 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; FABRICATION; SILICON; DEPOSITION; PROGRESS REPORT; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDES; PERFORMANCE TESTING; COST; THERMAL CYCLING; ENCAPSULATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; MANUFACTURING

Citation Formats

Oswald, R, and Morris, J. Large-area, triple-junction a-Si alloy production scale-up. Semiannual subcontract report, 17 March 1994--18 September 1994. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/41329.
Oswald, R, & Morris, J. Large-area, triple-junction a-Si alloy production scale-up. Semiannual subcontract report, 17 March 1994--18 September 1994. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/41329
Oswald, R, and Morris, J. 1995. "Large-area, triple-junction a-Si alloy production scale-up. Semiannual subcontract report, 17 March 1994--18 September 1994". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/41329. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/41329.
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title = {Large-area, triple-junction a-Si alloy production scale-up. Semiannual subcontract report, 17 March 1994--18 September 1994},
author = {Oswald, R and Morris, J},
abstractNote = {This report describes work performed under a 3-year subcontract to advance Solarex`s photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing technologies, reduce its hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) module production costs, increase module performance, and expand the Solarex commercial production capacity. During the period covered by this report, Solarex focused on (1) improving deposition of the front contact, (2) investigating alternate feed stocks for the front contact, (3) maximizing throughput and area utilization for all laser scribes, (4) optimizing a-Si:H deposition equipment to achieve uniform deposition over large areas, (5) optimizing the triple-junction module fabrication process, (6) evaluating the materials to deposit the rear contact, and (7) optimizing the combination of isolation scribe and encapsulant to pass the wet high-potential test.},
doi = {10.2172/41329},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1995}
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