Objective
Photovoltaic solar energy is one of the most important sources of renewable energy in the next century. In operation there are no harmful by-products. The problem to overcome before a large-scale introduction can take place is a cost reduction. The major part of PV modules is based on crystalline silicon cell technology. These nodules show a high efficiency and long lifetime, but at relatively high costs. A alternative is the use of amorphous silicon cells. The present panel manufacturing process is based on a concept in which the cell layers are deposited onto the front plate of the panel. The transparent electrode is deposited onto a glass plate, followed by the cell and the aluminium electrode. Laminating a glass plate to the back and applying a border around the edge complete the panel. The glass makes the panel's heavy, breakable and restricts design. New materials have to be applied in order to reach a better overall cost efflciency.Objectives for the proposed research are to investigate the use of new materials, the development of new barrier coatings and low-temperature electrode and photovoltaic layer deposition processes for future generations of solar cells.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy solar energy
- engineering and technology materials engineering amorphous solids amorphous semiconductors
- engineering and technology mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering
- engineering and technology materials engineering coating and films
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry metalloids
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62302 LENS
France
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