Objectif PROJECT OBJECTIVES The objective of the project is to produce a low cost solar cell by depositing a high quality film of crystalline silicon onto a low cost substrate such as glass. The particular feature of this project is that the choice of substrate requires that the deposition be done at a temperature below 650 C while still maintaining a good electronic quality in the material. Attention will be paid to achieving a high efficiency for a thin film solar cell to facilitate subsequent commercialisation and to attain the cost targets. TECHNICAL APPROACH The project can be divided into three topics. (I) Substrates selection and preparation ; (ii) Deposition of the film of silicon; (iii) Solar Cell processing. Here will be innovation in each topic. Mechanical texturing of the substrate will be used to enhance light confinement. A range of deposition techniques including Hot-Wire CVD, ECR-PECVD, LPCVD and sputtering will be evaluated and in some cases electron beam recrystallisation of the deposited film will be used. The most promising technique will be selected for accelerated development after the mid term assessment. Emphasis in the solar cell processing will be given to low temperature processing using evaporated or electroless contacts rather than the conventional screen printed contacts which require high temperature firing. Supporting the main experimental work are tasks devoted to characterisation and process economics. EXPECTED ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXPLOITATION The project is very much research oriented so that a further development phase will probably be required before fill commercial exploitation can take place. The immediate target is to achieve a solar cell efficiency of greater than 10% on a cell area of 4 cm2 when deposited onto a glass substrate at temperature below 650 C. It is expected that the technology will be capable of achieving a manufacturing module cost of 1 ECU/Wp at a 10 Mwp pa production rate. Given a successful outcome the industrial partner will continue the development. A successful outcome will give a low cost photovoltaic module with the attractive features of silicon in low toxicity, high efficiency capability and good long term stability. The world market for PV is expected to be in excess of 300 Mwp pa by the year 2005 and a successfully developed product could command a major share of that market and stimulate further growth leading to major reductions in CO2 and other pollutant gas emissions. Champ scientifique social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrymetalloids Programme(s) FP4-NNE-JOULE C - Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998 Thème(s) 0302 - Solar photovoltaic Appel à propositions Data not available Régime de financement CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinateur BP SOLAR LTD Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse CHERTSEY ROAD TW167XA SUNBURY-ON-THAMES Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Liens Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Participants (6) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Route de Saclay Ecole Polytechnique 91128 PALAISEAU Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin GmbH Allemagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Rudower Chaussee 12489 Berlin Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUT Suisse Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Wuerenlingen und Villigen 5232 VILLIGEN Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITAET STUTTGART Allemagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Pfaffenwaldring 47 70569 STUTTGART Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Espagne Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse Marti I Franques 1 08028 BARCELONA Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA Autriche Contribution de l’UE Aucune donnée Adresse 4,Strudlhofgasse 4 1090 WIEN Voir sur la carte Coût total Aucune donnée