Abstract
This report describes the overall goal to engineer and develop flexible manufacturing methods and equipment to process Silicon-Film? solar cells and modules. Three major thrusts of this three-year effort were to: develop a new larger-area (208 mm x 208 mm) Silicon-Film? solar cell, the APx-8; construct and operate a new high-throughput wafer-making system; and develop a 15-MW single-threadmanufacturing process. Specific technical accomplishments from this period are: Increase solar cell area by 80%, increase the generation capacity of a Silicon-Film wafer-making system by 350%, use a new in-line HF etch system in solar cell production, design and develop an in-line NaOH etch system, eliminate cassettes in solar cell processing, and design a new family of module products.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 32 |
| State | Published - 2002 |
Bibliographical note
Work performed by AstroPower, Inc., Newark, DelawareNREL Publication Number
- NREL/SR-520-30881
Keywords
- APX-8
- in-line diffusion oxide etching
- metallization
- module junction box
- PV
- silicon films
- single-thread manufacturing process
- solar cell
- wafer-making system