Present status of thin film solar cells in Japan

✍ Scribed by M. Konagai

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 284 KB
• Volume: 8
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0960-1481
• DOI: 10.1016/0960-1481(96)88888-4

✦ Synopsis

In 1993, a new 4-year solar cell R&D program toward the key objectives of achieving stabilized module efficiency of 8.5% for amorphous Si solar cells and small area efficiency of 15% for Cu(InGa)Se2 based solar cells (CIGS) has been initiated in Japan. The outline of the 4-year program (1993)(1994)(1995)(1996) will be discussed. Furthermore, recent activities in the area of a-Si solar cells ,CIGS solar cells, and polycrystalline Si thin film solar cells will be briefly reviewed.