Recent advances of thin film solar cells and their technologies

Book · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:208008

Hamakawa, Yoshihiro ^[1]

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1. Osaka Univ., Toyonaka, Osaka (Japan). Faculty of Engineering Science

The current state of the art in amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) and thin film solar cell R and D efforts and their photovoltaic system applications are reviewed. Firstly, progress in a-Si alloy production technologies is overviewed with their significance as the champion material for low cost solar cells. Secondly, some new approaches and key technologies to improve solar cell efficiency with stabilized performance by new amorphous silicon alloys and polycrystalline thin film for a-Si basis stacked solar cells are demonstrated. Recent aspect of some other new material devices such as CIS and CdS/CdTe are also introduced. In the final part of paper, progress of the conversion efficiency in various types of amorphous silicon solar cells are surveyed and summarized.

• OSTI ID: 208008
• Report Number(s): CONF-941203--; ISBN 0-7803-1459-X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
AMORPHOUS STATE
CADMIUM SULFIDES
CADMIUM TELLURIDES
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
COMPILED DATA
COPPER SELENIDES
ENERGY BEAM DEPOSITION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
GERMANIUM SILICIDES
GRADED BAND GAPS
INDIUM SELENIDES
PRODUCTION
SILICON ALLOYS
SILICON CARBIDES
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT