High-efficiency silicon concentrator cell commercialization

Sinton, R A; Swanson, R M

doi:10.2172/10176407

Title: High-efficiency silicon concentrator cell commercialization

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This report summarizes the first phase of a forty-one month program to develop a commercial, high-efficiency concentrator solar cell and facility for manufacturing it. The period covered is November 1, 1990 to December 31, 1991. This is a joint program between the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Sandia National Laboratories. (This report is also published by EPRI as EPRI report number TR-102035.) During the first year of the program, SunPower accomplished the following major objectives: (1) a new solar cell fabrication facility, which is called the Cell Pilot Line (CPL), (2) a baseline concentrator cell process has been developed, and (3) a cell testing facility has been completed. Initial cell efficiencies are about 23% for the baseline process. The long-range goal is to improve this efficiency to 27%.

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Sinton, R A; Swanson, R M ^[1]

SunPower Corp., Sunnyvale, CA (US)

Publication Date:: Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); SunPower Corp., Sunnyvale, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 10176407

Report Number(s):: SAND-93-7055
ON: DE93018491; TRN: 93:002891

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-76DP00789

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: May 1993

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; CONCENTRATOR SOLAR CELLS; COMMERCIALIZATION; MANUFACTURING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; 140501; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION

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