Emerging materials systems for solar cell applications - CU/sub 2-x/Se. Final report, May 1, 1979-April 30, 1980

Technical Report · Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5305674· OSTI ID:5305674

Mickelsen, R. A.; Stewart, J. M.; Chen, W. S.

The objective of this research program was the investigation of copper selenide (Cu/sub 2-x/Se) films as a promising potential semiconductor material for low cost, mass produced thin film photovoltaic solar cells. Major activities during this program have been the development of the semiconductor film formation process, characterization of the deposited films, calculation of the projected cell performance from theoretical analysis, and the fabrication and testing of simple cell structures. Progress is reported.

• Research Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-79ET23005
• OSTI ID: 5305674
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/23005-T4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
COPPER SELENIDES
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
OPTICAL PROPERTIES
VACUUM COATING
SOLAR CELLS
FABRICATION
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
ABSORPTIVITY
ENERGY GAP
FILMS
LATTICE PARAMETERS
MASKING
PERFORMANCE
VAPOR PLATING
CHALCOGENIDES
COPPER COMPOUNDS
DEPOSITION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLATING
SELENIDES
SELENIUM COMPOUNDS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SURFACE COATING
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion
360601 - Other Materials- Preparation & Manufacture