The next generation CdTe technology- Substrate foil based solar cells
- Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States)
The main objective of this project was the development of one of the most promising Photovoltaic (PV) materials CdTe into a versatile, cost effective, and high throughput technology, by demonstrating substrate devices on foil substrates using high throughput fabrication conditions. The typical CdTe cell is of the superstrate configuration where the solar cell is fabricated on a glass superstrate by the sequential deposition of a TCO, n-type heterojunction partner, p-CdTe absorber, and back contact. Large glass modules are heavy and present significant challenges during manufacturing (uniform heating, etc.). If a substrate CdTe cell could be developed (the main goal of this project) a roll-to-toll high throughput technology could be developed.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG36-08GO18023
- OSTI ID:
- 1347605
- Report Number(s):
- Final Report DE-FG36-08GO18023
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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