Photovoltaic Subcontract Program, FY 1990

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5824668· OSTI ID:5824668

Summers, K A ^[1]

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This report summarizes the progress of the subcontracted photovoltaic (PV) research and development (R D) performed under the Photovoltaics Program at the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI). The SERI subcontracted PV research and development represents most of the subcontracted R D that is funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) National Photovoltaics Program. This report covers fiscal year (FY) 1990: October 1, 1989 through September 30, 1990. During FY 1990, the SERI PV program started to implement a new DOE subcontract initiative, entitled the Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) Project.'' Excluding (PVMaT) because it was in a start-up phase, in FY 1990 there were 54 subcontracts with a total annualized funding of approximately $11.9 million. Approximately two-thirds of those subcontracts were with universities, at a total funding of over $3.3 million. Cost sharing by industry added another $4.3 million to that $11.9 million of SERI PV subcontracted R D. The six technical sections of this report cover the previously ongoing areas of the subcontracted program: the Amorphous Silicon Research Project, Polycrystalline Thin Films, Crystalline Silicon Materials Research, High-Efficiency Concepts, the New Ideas Program, and the University Participation Program. Technical summaries of each of the subcontracted programs discuss approaches, major accomplishments in FY 1990, and future research directions. Another section introduces the PVMaT project and reports the progress since its inception in FY 1990. Highlights of technology transfer activities are also reported.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 5824668
• Report Number(s): SERI/TP-214-4135; ON: DE91002149
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
AMORPHOUS STATE
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL COATING
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
CONVERSION
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER SELENIDES
CRYSTALS
DEPOSITION
DESIGN
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
ENERGY CONVERSION
EPITAXY
EQUIPMENT
FILMS
HYDROGENATION
INDIUM COMPOUNDS
INDIUM SELENIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION
POLYCRYSTALS
PROGRESS REPORT
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SELENIDES
SELENIUM COMPOUNDS
SEMIMETALS
SILICON
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SILICON OXIDES
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SURFACE COATING
TELLURIDES
TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS
TESTING
THIN FILMS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
ZINC COMPOUNDS
ZINC TELLURIDES