Decade of PV Industry R&D Advances in Silicon Module Manufacturing

Decade of PV Industry R&D Advances in Silicon Module Manufacturing

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The U.S. Photovoltaic (PV) industry has made significant technical advances in crystalline silicon (Si) module manufacturing through the PV Manufacturing R&D Project during the past decade. Funded Si technologies in this project have been Czochralski, cast polycrystalline, edge-defined film-fed growth (EFG) ribbon, string ribbon, and Si-film. Specific R&D Si module-manufacturing categories thathave shown technical growth and will be discussed are in crystal growth and processing, wafering, cell fabrication, and module manufacturing. These R&D advancements since 1992 have contributed to a 30% decrease in PV manufacturing costs and stimulated a sevenfold increase in PV production capacity.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	7
State	Published - 2001
Event	28th IEEE PV Specialists Conference - Anchorage, Alaska Duration: 17 Sep 2000 → 22 Sep 2000

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Conference	28th IEEE PV Specialists Conference
City	Anchorage, Alaska
Period	17/09/00 → 22/09/00

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NREL/CP-520-28928

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