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OUT Success Stories: Thin-Film PV: Leadership in Materials R and D

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OSTI ID:14516
Photovoltaics (PV) is a modern energy technology that makes use of semiconductor materials to convert sunlight directly to electricity. The idea of thin film technology is to produce truly low-cost PV devices by using pennies worth of active semiconductor materials.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
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Other Award/Contract Number:
AC36-98GO10337
OSTI ID:
14516
Report Number(s):
NREL/FS-330-23727; DOE/GO-10098-497
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English