Commercialization of thick film solar cell. Final technical report, 9/15/79-9/14/80

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5085100· OSTI ID:5085100

Films of cadmium sulfide and cadmium telluride have been produced by screen printing and sintering. Cadmium sulfide films ten microns thick had a resistivity in the 10 ohm-cm range. A technique was developed for forming a cadmium telluride layer on top of a cadmium sulfide layer. Process control and device preparation are areas requiring further study.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77CH00178
• OSTI ID: 5085100
• Report Number(s): SERI/TR-8104-2-T2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS
CADMIUM SULFIDES
CADMIUM TELLURIDE SOLAR CELLS
CADMIUM TELLURIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DEPOSITION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC CONTACTS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
FILMS
IMPURITIES
INKS
INORGANIC PHOSPHORS
MICROSCOPY
MICROSTRUCTURE
PHOSPHORS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SCREEN PRINTING
SINTERING
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE COATING
TELLURIDES
TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS