Progress in High-Performance PV: Polycrystalline Thin-Film Tandem Cells

Conference · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2004

OSTI ID:15009699

Symko-Davies, M

The High-Performance Photovoltaic (HiPerf PV) Project was initiated by the U.S. Department of Energy to substantially increase the viability of PV for cost-competitive applications. The goal is that PV will contribute significantly to the U.S. and world energy supply and environmental enhancement in the 21st century. The HiPerf PV Project aims at exploring the ultimate performance limits of existing PV technologies, approximately doubling their sunlight-to-electricity conversion efficiencies during its course, to accelerate and enhance their impact in the marketplace. To accomplish this, the National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) directs in-house and subcontracted research in high-performance polycrystalline thin-film and multijunction concentrator devices. This paper will describe progress of the subcontractor and in-house R&D on critical pathways for a PV technology having a high potential to reach cost-competitiveness goals: 25%-efficient, low-cost polycrystalline thin-film tandems for large-area, flat-plate modules.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15009699
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-520-35174
• Resource Type: Conference paper/presentation
• Conference Information: Prepared for the 19th European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, Paris (FR), 06/07/2004--06/11/2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
AVAILABILITY
CONCENTRATORS
CONTRACTORS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
HIGH-EFFICIENCY
PERFORMANCE
POLYCRYSTALLINE
POLYCRYSTALS
PV
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY - PHOTOVOLTAICS
THIN FILMS
THIN-FILM
VIABILITY