Automated Array Assembly, phase 2. Quarterly technical progress report, January-March 1979
This contract provides for the fabrication of modules from large area tandem junction cells (TJC). The key activities in this contract effort are a) Large Area TJC including cell design, process verification and cell fabrication and b) Tandem Junction Module (TJM) including definition of the cell-module interfaces, substrate fabrication, interconnect fabrication and module assembly. The overall goal is to advance solar cell module process technology to meet the 1986 goal of a production capability of 500 megawatts per year at a cost of less than $500 per peak kilowatt. This contract will focus on the Tandem Junction Module process. During this quarter, effort was focused on the design of a large area, approx. 36 cm/sup 2/, TJC and process verification runs. The large area TJC design was optimized for minimum I/sup 2/R power losses. In the TJM activity, the cell-module interfaces were defined, module substrates were formed and heat treated and clad metal interconnect strips were fabricated. All activities are on or ahead of schedule.
- Research Organization:
- Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- NAS-7-100-954881
- OSTI ID:
- 5848845
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/JPL/954881-6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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