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Title: Large-area, triple-junction a-Si alloy production scale-up. Semiannual subcontract report, 17 March 1994--18 September 1994

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/100365· OSTI ID:100365
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  1. Solarex Corp., Newtown, PA (United States). Thin Film Div.

This report describes work performed under a 3-y subcontract to advance Solarex`s photovoltaic manufacturing technologies, reduce its a-Si:H module production costs, increase module performance, and expand the Solarex commercial production capacity. During this period, Solarex focused on improving deposition of the front contact, investigating alternate feedstocks for the front contact, maximizing throughput and area utilization for all laser scribes, optimizing a-Si:H deposition equipment to achieve uniform deposition over large areas, optimizing the triple-junction module fabrication process, evaluating the materials to deposit the rear contact, and optimizing the combination of isolation scribe and encapsulant to pass the wet high potential test.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Solarex Corp., Newtown, PA (United States). Thin Film Div.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-83CH10093
OSTI ID:
100365
Report Number(s):
NREL/TP-411-8245; ON: DE95009286
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English