NREL Produces Highly Efficient, Wide-Bandgap, Thin-Film Solar Cells (Fact Sheet)

关键词: NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY;    NREL;    SPECTRUM OF CLEAN ENERGY INNOVATIONS;    CIGS;    THIN-FILM;    HIGH GALLIUM;    WIDE BANDGAP;    SCHOTT;    PDIL;    PROCESS DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION LABORATORY;    HIGH-TEMPERATURE GLASS;    HIGH-TEMPERATURE FABRICATION;    National Renewable Energy Laboratory;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1051937
RP-ID  :  NREL/FS-6A42-51559
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1051937

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are finding new ways to manufacture thin-film solar cells made from copper, indium, gallium, and selenium - called CIGS cells - that are different than conventional CIGS solar cells. Their use of high-temperature glass, designed by SCHOTT AG, allows higher fabrication temperatures, opening the door to new CIGS solar cells employing light-absorbing materials with wide 'bandgaps.'