Abstract
This report is a summary of the panel discussions included with the Ninth Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Materials and Processes. The theme for the workshop was 'R&D Challenges and Opportunities in Si Photovoltaics.' This theme was chosen because it appropriately reflects a host of challenges that the growing production of Si photovoltaics will be facing in the new millenium. Theanticipated challenges will arise in developing strategies for cost reduction, increased production, higher throughput per manufacturing line, new sources of low-cost Si, and the introduction of new manufacturing processes for cell production. At the same time, technologies based on CdTe and CIS will come on line posing new competition. With these challenges come new opportunities for Si PV towean itself from the microelectronics industry, to embark on a more aggressive program in the thin-film Si solar cells, and to try new approaches to process monitoring.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 23 |
State | Published - 1999 |
Event | Ninth Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Materials and Processes - Breckenridge, Colorado Duration: 9 Aug 1999 → 11 Aug 1999 |
Conference
Conference | Ninth Workshop on Crystalline Silicon Solar Cell Materials and Processes |
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City | Breckenridge, Colorado |
Period | 9/08/99 → 11/08/99 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/CP-520-27571