Research on amorphous silicon-based thin film photovoltaic devices: Task B, Research on stable high efficiency large area, amorphous silicon-based submodules
- Chronar Corp., Princeton, NJ (USA)
The primary objective of this subcontract is to develop amorphous silicon p-i-n/p-i-n tandem junction photovoltaic submodules (>900 cm{sup 2}) having an aperture area efficiency of at least 9%. A further objective is to demonstrate 8% tandem submodules that degrade by no more than 5% under standard light soaking conditions. The main lines of investigation during this period concerned with exploration of novel types of p-layers, the properties and applications of doped zinc oxide films to a{minus}Si:H cells, the effects of various surface treatments of SnO{sub 2} and ZnO transparent conducting oxides (TCO's) on cell performance, the dependence of cell stability on substrate and junction type, and the development of techniques to enable the full potential performance of the a{minus}Si:H to be realized in a module configuration. 12 refs., 11 figs., 13 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Solar Energy Research Inst., Golden, CO (USA); Chronar Corp., Princeton, NJ (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/CE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-83CH10093
- OSTI ID:
- 6977596
- Report Number(s):
- SERI/TP-211-3667; ON: DE90000320
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AMORPHOUS STATE
CHALCOGENIDES
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
DOCUMENT TYPES
EFFICIENCY
ELEMENTS
FILMS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROGRESS REPORT
SEMIMETALS
SILICON
THIN FILMS
TIN COMPOUNDS
TIN OXIDES
ZINC COMPOUNDS
ZINC OXIDES