Progress on DOE/BES-supported research on photovoltaics

Author

Deb, Satyen K. ; Sopori, Bhushan L. ; Samara, George L. ; Smith, Jerry J.

Author_Institution

Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1752

Lastpage

1755

Abstract

A high-efficiency photovoltaic (PV) project involving several laboratories and universities was initiated in 1997 under the umbrella of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Center of Excellence for the Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Materials. The objectives of this project are to generate advances in fundamental scientific understanding that will impact the efficiency, cost and reliability of thin-film PV cells. The project is focused on two areas-silicon-based thin-film solar cells and next generation thin photovoltaics. This paper reviews the major accomplishments of this program

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; research initiatives; semiconductor thin films; silicon; solar cells; DOE/BES-supported research; Department of Energy; Si; Si thin-film solar cells; USA; cost; efficiency; high-efficiency photovoltaic project; laboratories; photovoltaics; reliability; thin-film PV cells; universities; Crystallization; Hydrogen; Metastasis; Photonic band gap; Photovoltaic cells; Semiconductor films; Semiconductor thin films; Silicon; Temperature; US Department of Energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5772-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2000.916244

Filename

916244