Commercialization of High Efficiency Low Cost CIGS Technology Based on Electroplating: Final Technical Progress Report, 28 September 2007 - 30 June 2009

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/985573· OSTI ID:985573

Basol, B

This report describes SoloPower's work as a Photovoltaic Technology Incubator awardee within the U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Energy Technologies Program. The term of this subcontract with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory was two years. The project focused on SoloPower's electrodeposition-based copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) technology. Under this subcontract, SoloPowerimproved the quality of its flexible metal substrates, increased the size of its solar cells from 0.5 cm2 to 120 cm2, increased the small-area cell efficiencies from near 11% to near 14%, demonstrated large-area cells, and developed a module manufacturing process.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 985573
• Report Number(s): NREL/SR-520-48590; NAT-7-77015-10; TRN: US201016%%2217
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Work performed by SoloPower, Inc., San Jose, California
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
COMMERCIALIZATION
COPPER
EFFICIENCY
ELECTROPLATING
GALLIUM
INDIUM
MANUFACTURING
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
PROGRESS REPORT
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR ENERGY
SUBSTRATES
photovoltaics (PV)
PV
thin films
solar cells
copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS)
CIGS
industry
manufacturing