Commercialization of thick film solar cell. Final technical report, 9/15/79-9/14/80

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5085100· OSTI ID:5085100

Films of cadmium sulfide and cadmium telluride have been produced by screen printing and sintering. Cadmium sulfide films ten microns thick had a resistivity in the 10 ohm-cm range. A technique was developed for forming a cadmium telluride layer on top of a cadmium sulfide layer. Process control and device preparation are areas requiring further study.

• Research Organization: Solar Energy Research Inst. (SERI), Golden, CO (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77CH00178
• OSTI ID: 5085100
• Report Number(s): SERI/TR-8104-2-T2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CADMIUM SULFIDES
SCREEN PRINTING
CADMIUM TELLURIDE SOLAR CELLS
FABRICATION
CADMIUM TELLURIDES
CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
ELECTRIC CONTACTS
FILMS
IMPURITIES
INKS
MICROSCOPY
MICROSTRUCTURE
SINTERING
CADMIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DEPOSITION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EQUIPMENT
INORGANIC PHOSPHORS
PHOSPHORS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SULFIDES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE COATING
TELLURIDES
TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS
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