Flexible cells and modules produced using roll-to-roll electroplating approach

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 169-174

  Pinarbasi, Mustafa ^a   Aksu, Serdar ^a   Freitag, James ^a   Boone, Thomas ^a   Zolla, Howard ^a   Vasquez, Jorge ^a   Nayak, Deepak ^a   Lee, Eric ^a   Wang, Tony ^a   Abushama, Jehad ^a   Metin, Burak ^a  

^a SoloPower Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APERTURE AREA; APERTURE-AREA EFFICIENCY; CERTIFICATION TESTS; CIGS SOLAR CELLS; CU(IN , GA)SE; DAMP HEAT; ELECTROPLATING PROCESS; FLEXIBLE CELL; FLEXIBLE MODULES; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HIGH POTENTIAL; IEC STANDARDS; INSTALLATION COSTS; LOW COSTS; LOW-COST ELECTRICITY; METALLIC SUBSTRATE; NEW APPLICATIONS; POWER OUT PUT; PRECURSOR DEPOSITION; PRECURSOR LAYER; RIGID PANELS; ROLL TO ROLL; SOLAR MODULE; STANDARD MODULE; TEST CONDITION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER; COSTS; ELECTROPLATING; GALLIUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 78650110287     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5615985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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