PVMaT funded manufacturing advances in string ribbon technology

Author

Janoch, Robert E. ; Anselmo, Andrew P. ; Wallace, Richard L. ; Martz, Jennifer ; Lord, Brynley E. ; Hanoka, Jack I.

Author_Institution

Evergreen Solar, Waltham, MA, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1403

Lastpage

1406

Abstract

Evergreen Solar now has a PVMaT subcontract awarded in 1998 and titled “Continuous, automated manufacturing of string ribbon Si PV modules”. A major part of this subcontract is the development of a low-cost, highly automated string ribbon process. String ribbon is a continuous vertical silicon ribbon method that is at the heart of Evergreen Solar´s innovative approach to reach the goal of low cost PV. As Evergreen Solar sets up its new multi-megawatt factory, this development will play a major role

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; manufacturing processes; semiconductor device manufacture; semiconductor growth; silicon; solar cells; Evergreen Solar; PVMaT funded manufacturing advances; PVMaT subcontract; PVMaT technology; Si; continuous automated manufacturing; string ribbon Si PV modules; string ribbon technology; Costs; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Grain size; Lifting equipment; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing processes; Production facilities; Silicon; Subcontracting;

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.2000.916155

Filename

916155