Advances in CdTe R&D at NREL

Advances in CdTe R&D at NREL

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This paper summarizes the following R&D accomplishments at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL): (1) Developed several novel materials and world-record high-efficiency CdTe solar cell, (2) Developed 'one heat-up step' manufacturing processes, and (3) Demonstrated 13.9% transparent CdTe cell and 15.3% CdTe/CIS polycrystalline tandem solar cell. Cadmium telluride has been well recognized asa promising photovoltaic material for thin-film solar cells because of its near-optimum bandgap of~1.5 eV and its high absorption coefficient. Impressive results have been achieved in the past few years for polycrystalline CdTe thin-film solar cells at NREL. In this paper, we summarize some recent R&D activities at NREL.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	5
State	Published - 2005
Event	2005 DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program Review Meeting - Denver, Colorado Duration: 7 Nov 2005 → 10 Nov 2005

Conference

Conference	2005 DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program Review Meeting
City	Denver, Colorado
Period	7/11/05 → 10/11/05

Bibliographical note

Presented at the 2005 DOE Solar Energy Technologies Program Review Meeting held November 7-10, 2005 in Denver, Colorado. Also included in the proceedings available on CD-ROM (DOE/GO-102006-2245; NREL/CD-520-38557)

NLR Publication Number

NREL/CP-520-38954

Keywords

high-voltage stress systems
NREL
outdoor test facility
photovoltaics (PV)
PV
solar

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Advances in CdTe R&D at NREL

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