TY - GEN
T1 - Towards a simplified 20% efficient sliver cell
AU - Franklin, Evan
AU - Blakers, Andrew
AU - Weber, Klaus
AU - Everett, Vernie
AU - Deenapanray, Prakash
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Sliver technology, first developed at the ANU, offers large reductions in silicon consumption and wafer throughput per MW. However, sliver technology requires more processing steps than conventional silicon solar cell fabrication, and thus fabrication represents a larger cost per wafer. This additional cost is easily justified because sliver cells are highly efficient and also the module area producible per wafer is far greater than for conventional technologies. Current research at the ANU is aimed at delivering a simplified processing sequence capable of producing sliver cells with a reduced manufacturing cost and with better performance than the originally developed fabrication process. With the simplified process it should be possible to reliably manufacture > 20% efficient cells with a high yield.
AB - Sliver technology, first developed at the ANU, offers large reductions in silicon consumption and wafer throughput per MW. However, sliver technology requires more processing steps than conventional silicon solar cell fabrication, and thus fabrication represents a larger cost per wafer. This additional cost is easily justified because sliver cells are highly efficient and also the module area producible per wafer is far greater than for conventional technologies. Current research at the ANU is aimed at delivering a simplified processing sequence capable of producing sliver cells with a reduced manufacturing cost and with better performance than the originally developed fabrication process. With the simplified process it should be possible to reliably manufacture > 20% efficient cells with a high yield.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=41749086900&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279282
DO - 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279282
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 1424400163
SN - 9781424400164
T3 - Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
SP - 980
EP - 983
BT - Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4
Y2 - 7 May 2006 through 12 May 2006
ER -