High Performance Photovoltaic Project Overview

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2005

OSTI ID:860495

Symko-Davies, M; McConnell, R

The High-Performance Photovoltaic (HiPerf PV) Project was initiated by the U.S. Department of Energy to substantially increase the viability of photovoltaics (PV) for cost-competitive applications so that PV can contribute significantly to our energy supply and environment in the 21st century. To accomplish this, the National Center for Photovoltaics (NCPV) directs in-house and subcontracted research in high-performance polycrystalline thin-film and multijunction concentrator devices. In this paper, we describe the recent research accomplishments in the in-house directed efforts and the research efforts under way in the subcontracted area.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 860495
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-520-37013; TRN: US200524%%218
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Presented at the 2004 DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program Review Meeting, 25-28 October 2004, Denver, Colorado. Also included in the proceedings available on CD-ROM (DOE/GO-102005-2067; NREL/CD-520-37140)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
AVAILABILITY
CONCENTRATORS
PERFORMANCE
VIABILITY
SOLAR ENERGY
PV
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
POLYCRYSTALLINE
THIN-FILM
SOLAR CELL
MULTIJUNCTION CONCENTRATOR
DEVICE
Solar Energy - Photovoltaics