Annual Report: Photovoltaic Subcontract Program FY 1990

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1114049· OSTI ID:1114049

Summers, K. A. ^[1]

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1. Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (United States)

This report summarizes the progress of the Photovoltaic (PV) Subcontract Program of the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) from October 1, 1989 through September 30, 1990. The PV Subcontract Program is responsible for managing the subcontracted portion of SERI's PV Advanced Research and Development Project. In fiscal year 1990, this included more than 54 subcontracts with a total annualized funding of approximately $11.9 million. Approximately two-thirds of the subcontracts were with universities at a total funding of nearly $3.3 million. The six technical sections of the report cover the main areas of the subcontract program: the Amorphous Silicon Research Project, Polycrystalline Thin Films, Crystalline Silicon Materials Research, High-Efficiency Concepts, the New Ideas Program, and the University Participation Program. Technical summaries of each of the subcontracted programs provide a discussion of approaches, major accomplishments in FY 1990, and future research directions. Another section introduces the PVMaT project and reports on its progress.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1114049
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP--214-4135
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
AMORPHOUS MATERIALS
CADMIUM TELLURIDE
COPPER SELENIDE
DEPOSITION
EFFICIENCY
GALLIUM ARSENIDE
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SILICON
SOLAR CELLS
THIN FILMS