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Technological Development for Commercialization of Amorphous Silicon Based Multijunction Modules

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Liyou Yang
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
M. Bennett
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
L. Chen
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
K. Jansen
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
J. Kessler
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
Y. Li
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
J. Newton
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
K. Rajan
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
F. Willing
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
R. Arya
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
D. Carlson
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
Solarex
Affiliation:
A Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, PA 18940, lyang@newtown.solarex.com
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Abstract

Some of the significant steps in technological development for large-scale commercialization of amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) based multijunction photovoltaic modules are presented. These developments are establishing a high quality baseline process for manufacturing large-area ( ∼ 8 ft2) a-Si:H/a-SiGe:H tandem junction modules with improved stabilized conversion efficiency, throughput, yield, and reduced materials usage.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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