R & D of CdTe-absorber photovoltaic cells, modules, and manufacturing equipment: Plan and progress to 100 MW/yr

被引：25

作者：

Rose, D ^{[1
]}

Powell, R ^{[1
]}

Jayamaha, U ^{[1
]}

Maltby, M ^{[1
]}

Giolando, D ^{[1
]}

McMaster, A ^{[1
]}

Kormanyos, K ^{[1
]}

Faykosh, G ^{[1
]}

Klopping, J ^{[1
]}

Dorer, G ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] First Solar, LLC, Ctr Technol, Perrysburg, OH 43551 USA

来源：

CONFERENCE RECORD OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE - 2000 | 2000年

关键词：

D O I：

10.1109/PVSC.2000.915860

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：

As part of a long-term vision of multi-GW production of photovoltaic (PV) panels per year, First Solar is implementing a plan for 17 KW/hour (similar to 100 MW/year for 3 shifts) production. The research and development of the cells, modules, and manufacturing equipment necessary for this level of production are discussed. A component of this plan is to raise module efficiencies to 10%, with the majority of improvement coming from i) improvement of thin-film uniformity, and ii) reduction of CdS layer thickness while protecting open-circuit voltage with the inclusion of a high-resistivity layer between the TCO and CdS layers. The operation of a new semiconductor deposition system at 2.9 m(2)/min, production throughput, and product quality are also discussed.

引用

页码：428 / 431

页数：4

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