Abstract
Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are using a theory-driven technique - sequential cation mutation - to understand the nature and limitations of promising solar cell materials that can replace today's technologies. Finding new materials that use Earth-abundant elements and are easily manufactured is important for large-scale solar electricity deployment.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 2 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/FS-5500-53601
Keywords
- binary compounds
- cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic solar cells modules
- CdTe
- chalcopyrites
- CIGS
- CIGSE
- copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS)
- CZTS
- earth-abundant materials
- gallium scarcity
- indium scarcity
- kesterite
- large-scale deployment
- low-cost absorber
- quaternary compounds
- sequential cation mutation
- solar cells
- SunShot
- ternary compounds
- thin film