Mass productions of thin film silicon PV modules

被引:40
作者
Tawada, Y [1 ]
Yamagishi, H [1 ]
Yamamoto, K [1 ]
机构
[1] Kaneka Corp, R&D Grp PV Business, Dept Dev, Kita Ku, Osaka 5308288, Japan
关键词
amorphous silicon; thin-film polycrystalline silicon; mass production; roofing;
D O I
10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00456-7
中图分类号
TE [石油、天然气工业]; TK [能源与动力工程];
学科分类号
0807 ; 0820 ;
摘要
Mass production technologies of a-Si single junction and a-Si/poly-Si hybrid modules with stable 8% and 10% efficiency were developed in the Shiga factory of Kaneka Corporation. Kaneka instituted Kaneka Solartech Corporation (KST) as a subsidiary company of 100% shareholder and invested 20 MW production plant in Toyooka City in 1999. There are fully automatic thin film fabrication equipments. KST started the manufacturing amorphous silicon PV modules in 1999 and those of hybrid type PV modules in 2001. The largest size glass substrates used for these modules are 95 x 98 cm and variable size of modules are being produced by cutting these large area base modules. Recent production yields are higher than 98%. Production technologies of a-Si, thin c-Si and solar cells, performances of modules, applications to the rooftop PV systems will be presented. We estimate the production cost of a-Si solar modules and a-Si/thin c-Si hybrid solar modules. The future business plan of our new type solar modules and our production lines will be discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:647 / 662
页数:16
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