Abstract
This report summarizes the fiscal year (FY) 1991 (October 1, 1990, through September 30, 1991) progress of the subcontracted photovoltaic (PV) research and development (R&D) performed under the Photovoltaic Advanced Research and Development Project at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)-formerly the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI). The mission of the national PV program is todevelop PV technology for large-scale generation of economically competitive electric power in the United States. The technical sections of the report cover the main areas of the subcontract program: the Amorphous Silicon Research Project, Polycrystalline Thin Films, Crystalline Silicon Materials Research, High Efficiency Concepts, the New Ideas Program, the University Participation Program, andthe Photovoltaic Manufacturing Technology (PVMaT) project. Technical summaries of each of the subcontracted programs provide a discussion of approaches, major accomplishments in FY 1991, and future research directions.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 325 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1992 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/TP-410-4724
Keywords
- amorphous materials
- cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic solar cells modules
- copper selenide
- deposition
- efficiency
- gallium arsenide
- photovoltaic cells
- semiconductor materials
- silicon
- solar cells
- thin films