Production start-up of 2 MW a-Si PV manufacturing line at Sovlux plant

Author

Izu, M. ; Deng, X. ; Ovshinsky, H.C. ; Crucet, R. ; Ovshinsky, S.R. ; Polisan, A.

Author_Institution

Energy Conversion Devices Inc., Troy, MI, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

13-17 May 1996

Firstpage

1327

Lastpage

1330

Abstract

We report the results of production start-up efforts at the 2 MW Sovlux photovoltaic production line. Triple-junction solar cells with higher than 10% initial efficiency were produced in this production line with subcell yield up to 96%. The production process demonstrated high reproducibility and consistency from run to run. 2 ft² and 4 ft² modules assembled in the Sovlux plant using these solar cell material have demonstrated an initial efficiency of 9.4%. The solar cell material produced in Sovlux was also shipped to ECD to assemble large area 1.3 ft. by 20 ft. rooftop modules. Lightweight, flexible rooftop modules with initial efficiency up to 9.3% were produced at a high yield

Keywords

amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; p-n junctions; silicon; solar cell arrays; solar cells; 1.3 feet; 2 MW; 2 feet; 20 feet; 4 feet; 9.3 percent; 9.4 percent; Si; Sovlux plant; a-Si PV manufacturing line; flexible rooftop modules; high reproducibility; production start-up; solar cell material; triple-junction solar cells; Assembly; Continuous production; Energy conversion; Manufacturing processes; Photovoltaic cells; Printing; Steel; Substrates; Testing; Washing machines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1996., Conference Record of the Twenty Fifth IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3166-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1996.564378

Filename

564378