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- Title
Ramping a novel cadmium telluride thin-film solar photevoltaic module production process.
- Authors
Barth, Kurt; Chen, Mark
- Abstract
Thin-film solar photovoltaic technology offers the benefits of low-cost and high-volume production. Yet numerous thin-film PV startups have struggled in their efforts to commercialize complex, expensive production technologies, as production ramps have taken longer than expected, and venture capital and other sources of funding have run dry. This article describes a proprietary cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film module production process commercialized by Abound Solar: heated-pocket deposition (HPD) of the semiconductor layer, and the replacement of a traditional lamination process with a novel edge seal. The simple production process has resulted in a fast ramp of module efficiency and throughput. The paper also describes how the process can result in fast throughput, high yields, and low manufacturing and capital equipment costs.
- Subjects
CADMIUM electrodes; TELLURIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC power generation; PHOTOVOLTAIC cells; SOLAR cells; SEMICONDUCTOR industry; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Photovoltaics International, 2010, Issue 9, p128
- ISSN
1757-1197
- Publication type
Article