Polymer Hybrid Photovoltaics for Inexpensive Electricity Generation: Final Technical Report, 1 September 2001--30 April 2006
Abstract
The project goal is to understand the operating mechanisms underlying the performance of polymer hybrid photovoltaics to enable the development of a photovoltaic with a maximum power conversion efficiency over cost ratio that is significantly greater than current PV technologies. Plastic or polymer-based photovoltaics can have significant cost advantages over conventional technologies in that they are compatible with liquid-based plastic processing and can be assembled onto plastic under atmospheric conditions (ambient temperature and pressure) using standard printing technologies, such as reel-to-reel and screen printing. Moreover, polymer-based PVs are lightweight, flexible, and largely unbreakable, which make shipping, installation, and maintenance simpler. Furthermore, a numerical simulation program was developed (in collaboration with IBM) to fully simulate the performance of multicomponent polymer photovoltaic devices, and a manufacturing method was developed (in collaboration with Add-vision) to inexpensively manufacture larger-area devices.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 888685
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/SR-520-40044
ACQ-1-30619-03; TRN: US200618%%333
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99-GO10337
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Work performed by University of California, Santa Cruz, California
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY; MAINTENANCE; MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; PROCESSING; SCREEN PRINTING; SIMULATION; PV; POLYMER HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAICS; COST; INEXPENSIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEVICE; LARGE-AREA; PLASTIC; PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; Solar Energy - Photovoltaics
Citation Formats
Carter, S A. Polymer Hybrid Photovoltaics for Inexpensive Electricity Generation: Final Technical Report, 1 September 2001--30 April 2006. United States: N. p., 2006.
Web. doi:10.2172/888685.
Carter, S A. Polymer Hybrid Photovoltaics for Inexpensive Electricity Generation: Final Technical Report, 1 September 2001--30 April 2006. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/888685
Carter, S A. 2006.
"Polymer Hybrid Photovoltaics for Inexpensive Electricity Generation: Final Technical Report, 1 September 2001--30 April 2006". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/888685. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/888685.
@article{osti_888685,
title = {Polymer Hybrid Photovoltaics for Inexpensive Electricity Generation: Final Technical Report, 1 September 2001--30 April 2006},
author = {Carter, S A},
abstractNote = {The project goal is to understand the operating mechanisms underlying the performance of polymer hybrid photovoltaics to enable the development of a photovoltaic with a maximum power conversion efficiency over cost ratio that is significantly greater than current PV technologies. Plastic or polymer-based photovoltaics can have significant cost advantages over conventional technologies in that they are compatible with liquid-based plastic processing and can be assembled onto plastic under atmospheric conditions (ambient temperature and pressure) using standard printing technologies, such as reel-to-reel and screen printing. Moreover, polymer-based PVs are lightweight, flexible, and largely unbreakable, which make shipping, installation, and maintenance simpler. Furthermore, a numerical simulation program was developed (in collaboration with IBM) to fully simulate the performance of multicomponent polymer photovoltaic devices, and a manufacturing method was developed (in collaboration with Add-vision) to inexpensively manufacture larger-area devices.},
doi = {10.2172/888685},
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year = {Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
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