Silicon-film{trademark} solar cells by a flexible manufacturing system
- AstroPower, Inc., Solar Park, Newark, Delaware 19716-2000 (United States)
AstroPower is developing a manufacturing process for the production of large-area Silicon-Film{trademark} solar cells under an NREL-administered PVMaT cost-share program. Recent work has focused on new processes and equipment capable of handling very large Silicon-Film{trademark} planks in a low-cost, high-throughput, production environment. New solar cell processes developed include continuous large-area junction diffusion and AR coating. Processes under development include metallization and chemical etching. Large area plank-based processes give a high degree of flexibility, allowing the fabrication of solar cells 100 cm{sup 2} to 900 cm{sup 2} on the same production line. {copyright} {ital 1999 American Institute of Physics.}
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 355413
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-980935-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 9915M0099
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 462, Issue 1; Conference: 15. National Center for Photovoltaics program review conference, Denver, CO (United States), 9-11 Sep 1998; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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