• DocumentCode
    2552696
  • Title

    Basic properties of the spheral solar cell

  • Author

    Levine, J.D. ; Hotchkiss, Gregory B. ; Hammerbacher, Milfred D.

  • Author_Institution
    Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    7-11 Oct 1991
  • Firstpage
    1045
  • Abstract
    Spheral solar technology consists of silicon spheres embedded in aluminum foil. Sphere processing consists of obtaining metallurgical-grade silicon feedstock in the form of irregular shaped particles, melting them into spheres, upgrading them in purity, and diffusion. Cell processing consists of bonding the spheres to a perforated foil, exposing the core, and applying an insulator and a backfoil to complete the cell. Flexible 10 cm2 solar cells of 10 cm2 are repeatably produced with average and peak efficiencies of 10% and 11%, respectively
  • Keywords
    aluminium; elemental semiconductors; silicon; solar cells; 10 percent; 11 percent; Al-Si; backfoil; diffusion; insulator; irregular shaped particles; melting; metallurgical-grade silicon feedstock; perforated foil; spheral solar cell; Aluminum; Bonding; Costs; Energy storage; Gettering; Impurities; Photovoltaic cells; Silicon; Slag; Throughput;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1991., Conference Record of the Twenty Second IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • Print_ISBN
    0-87942-636-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.1991.169370
  • Filename
    169370
    • Link To Document
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