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

Martha Symko-Davies; Richard L. Mitchell; C. Edwin Witt; Holly P. Thomas; Richard King; Douglas Ruby

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2000.916168

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

Martha Symko-Davies, Richard L. Mitchell, C. Edwin Witt, Holly P. Thomas, Richard King, Douglas Ruby

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Abstract

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 that have 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
Pages	1460-1463
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2000.916168
State	Published - 2000
Event	28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2000 - Anchorage, United States Duration: 15 Sep 2000 → 22 Sep 2000

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Conference	28th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2000
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anchorage
Period	15/09/00 → 22/09/00

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For preprint version including full-text online document see NREL/CP-520-28928

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NREL/CP-520-30401

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