Future opportunities for photovoltaic materials and device research
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 (United States)
The semiconductor material science and associated device technologies have entered into a new era, almost a revolutionary period. The use of sophisticated computation techniques has given theoreticians the predictive power for novel materials architecture; the experimentalists have the ability to grow materials and devices under carefully controlled conditions and manipulate materials on an atomic scale; and the powerful analytical tools have enabled us to gain insight on the surface, interface, and bulk properties of materials and devices with a high degree of precision. These have opened up some opportunities for doing some very exciting materials and device research in the area of semiconductor materials, in general, and photovoltaic (PV) materials and devices, in particular. In this brief review, a global view of semiconductor materials for PV applications will be taken and an attempt will be made to identify future research opportunities.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-83CH10093
- OSTI ID:
- 7261705
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9310273-; CODEN: APCPCS
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Vol. 306:1; Conference: 12. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) photovoltaic program review, Denver, CO (United States), Oct 1993; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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