Amorphous silicon PV module manufacturing at BP solar
- 28 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Progress In Photovoltaics
- Vol. 10 (2) , 69-76
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.418
Abstract
BP Solar started manufacturing small‐area, single‐junction amorphous silicon solar cells for consumer applications in 1984, began producing 1 ft2(∼0.09 m2) single‐junction modules for terrestrial applications in 1986 and initiated the production of 8.6 ft2(∼0.77 m2) tandem modules for both remote and building‐integrated applications in 1997. Over the last few years, the technical and manufacturing personnel at the BP Solar TF1 plant in Toano, Virginia have made tremendous progress in ramping up the plant to where it is now producing amorphous silicon tandem modules with electrical yields in excess of 95% and at a run rate of more than 7 MWpper year. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Keywords
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