New generation of high‐efficiency solar cells: Development, processing and marketing
- 1 April 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Progress In Photovoltaics
- Vol. 2 (2) , 171-176
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.4670020212
Abstract
In 1985, BP Solar Australia (BPSA) licensed and began commercialization of the high‐efficiency buried‐contact solar cell technology developed and patented by the University of New South Wales.−1 Small‐area cells of 18% efficiency were soon produced in BPSA's Brookvale laboratory, leading on to a 5‐year development period in Australia and the establishment of a pilot production facility within the BP Solar España facility in Madrid in 1989.This paper looks at the current technical and commercial situation within BPSA for this novel technology, and how its future is viewed relative to other processing technologies.Keywords
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