Title :
Processing issues for thin-film CdTe cells and modules
Author :
Birkmire, Robert W. ; Meyers, Peter V.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Energy Conversion, Delaware Univ., Newark, DE, USA
Abstract :
Among emerging thin-film PV technologies, CdTe-based modules have displayed perhaps the most flexibility with respect to their method of manufacture. Device efficiencies have reached >15% and there appears to be no inherent device instability. Nonetheless, there remain serious technical challenges which must be met if CdTe modules are to be manufactured at a commercially attractive level. This paper identifies and discusses these issues
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; cadmium compounds; semiconductor thin films; solar cell arrays; solar cells; CdTe; CdTe-based solar modules; commercialisation issues; device issues; high efficiency; manufacturing method; materials issues; thin-film CdTe solar cells; thin-film PV technologies; Absorption; Atherosclerosis; Fabrication; Glass; Heat treatment; Manufacturing processes; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; Transistors;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1460-3
DOI :
10.1109/WCPEC.1994.519812
