Objective
Objectives:
The project has the aim to increase the efficiency of CdTe thin film solar modules at assured stability by developing a new, low resistance, stable back-contact suited for mass production and to demonstrate the feasibility of a stable efficiency of 13 % for modules of 30 x 30 cm2 size. Technical approach. This goal shall be achieved through development of a back contacting process by study and variation of "classical" and new contact materials (such as low bandgap, p+-semiconductors), doping and deposition processes in a cyclic two-step iteration procedure, narrowing-down of the different options and techniques to one final procedure under continuous experimental and theoretical analysis, diagnosis and testing. This shall be performed by a consortium including a SME-type industrial company and six European research institutions, well equipped and experienced with development, analysis and modelling of the CdTe thin film solar cell from work done in part within past cooperative projects. Expected achievements and exploitation. It is expected to realise a technology for production of significantly improved CdTe modules of stable efficiency of 13%. The results will be exploited by the industrial partner in a production plant to be built in Germany able to manufacture 60 x 120 cm2 size modules at a capacity of 100,000m2 per year. 0101
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 materials engineering coating and films
- natural sciences physical sciences electromagnetism and electronics semiconductivity
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Coordinator
65779 KELKHEIM
Germany
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