Final technical report, Phase 1, Photovoltaic manufacturing technology

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5916399

Brown, J ^[1]

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1. Solar Cells, Inc., Toledo, TX (United States)

A development/manufacturing program is described for achieving photovoltaic modules at a cost less than $.50/Watt and solar generating fields at a total installed system cost of less than $1.50/Watt. The basic approach is to construct a fully automated continuous production line based on close spaced sublimation (CSS) deposition of CdTe to produce 60 cm {times} 120 cm thin-film PV modules. The high deposition rate possible with CSS opens up the possibility of obtaining very high throughput in the range of hundreds of megawatts per year. This leads to dramatic reductions in the capital, labor and overhead cost per unit. The program includes a development phase, an initial production line of about 5-MW/year capacity, a 5 MW solar generating field, and a high-throughput production line with a capacity in the range of hundreds of megawatts per year.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States); Solar Cells, Inc., Toledo, TX (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-83CH10093
• OSTI ID: 5916399
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-214-4478; ON: DE91015027
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CADMIUM TELLURIDE SOLAR CELLS
MANUFACTURING
CADMIUM TELLURIDES
SUBLIMATION
AMORPHOUS STATE
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DEPOSITION
PROGRESS REPORT
SILICON
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
EVALUATION
EVAPORATION
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
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PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SEMIMETALS
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