Commercialization of a thick-film solar cell. Final technical report, September 15, 1980-April 30, 1981
No technical problems were encountered in the preparation of screen printed cadmium sulfide layers. High conductivity (less than 5 ohm cm resistivities) adherent layers could be produced on 7059 glass, Nesatron and tin oxide coated glass. No macro pinholes were observed in thick films. Solar cells produced from screen printed CdS had a maximum open circuit voltage of 0.44 volt and a maximum observed short circuit current of 8 ma/cm/sup 2/ under AM 1 illumination. A maximum cell efficiency of 2.2% was obtained. This performance is not felt to be a limitation produced by the screen printing approach but to be reflective of an unoptimized procedure for producing Cu/sub 2/S on the CdS film and the lack of a suitable post thermal treatment technique.
- Research Organization:
- Solar Energy Research Inst. (SERI), Golden, CO (United States); Johnson Controls, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-77CH00178
- OSTI ID:
- 6335766
- Report Number(s):
- SERI/TR-8104-2-T4; ON: DE81025537
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC CURRENTS
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
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