Expanding the Limits of CdTe PV Performance: Phase I Annual Report, 7 February 2006 - 30 June 2007

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/920944· OSTI ID:920944

Meyers, P

First Solar made 9 CdTe PV devices; found two front- and one back-side structures that show improved Jsc and Voc, respectively, compared to base device structure; best cell efficiency was 14.13%.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 920944
• Report Number(s): NREL/SR-520-42421; ZXL-6-44205-07; TRN: US200803%%138
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Work performed by First Solar, Perrysburg, Ohio
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
EFFICIENCY
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PERFORMANCE
VOLATILE MATTER
PV
CADMIUM TELLURIDE (CDTE)
DEVICE STRUCTURE
OPTIMUM POWER CONVERSION
POLYCRYSTALLINE
MICRO-NONUNIFORMITY
MODULE
POST-STRESS EFFICIENCY
MATERIALS INTEGRATION
BACK-SIDE STRUCTURE
FRONT-SIDE STRUCTURE
Solar Energy - Photovoltaics