Environmental and health aspects of copper-indium-diselenide thin-film photovoltaic modules
- Fraunhofer Inst. for Solid State Technology, Munich (Germany)
- GSF-Inst. of Ecological Chemistry, Oberschleissheim (Germany)
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)
- National Inst. of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
Copper-indium-diselenide (CIS) is a semiconductor compound that can be used to produce thin-film photovoltaic modules. There is on-going research being conducted by various federal agencies and private industries to demonstrate the commercial viability of this material. Because this is a new technology, and because scant information about the health and environmental hazards associated with the use of this material is available, studies have been initiated to characterize the environmental mobility and environmental toxicology of this compound. The objective of these studies is to identify the environmental and health hazards associated with the production, use, and disposal of CIS thin-film photovoltaic modules. The program includes both experimental and theoretical components. Theoretical studies are being undertaken to estimate material flows through the environment for a range of production options as well as use and disposal scenarios. The experimental programs characterize the physical, chemical e.g. leachability and biological parameters e.g. EC{sub 50} in daphnia and algae, and feeding studies in rats.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 46644
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-61501; CONF-9405301-1; ON: DE95009018; TRN: 95:010926
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 5. international symposium on industrial uses of selenium and tellurium, Brussels (Belgium), 8-11 May 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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