Thin film photovoltaics (solar cells)
- 13 January 2003
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 765-771
- https://doi.org/10.1109/iecec.1989.74555
Abstract
The use of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) devices as cost-effective electricity sources is discussed, focusing on cadmium telluride, copper indium diselenide, and amorphous silicon, which have become leading candidates for future large-scale commercialization. This work surveys the past development of these key films and gives their status and future prospects. In all cases, significant progress toward cost-effective PV electricity has been made. It is concluded that thin-film PV could provide electricity that is competitive for summer daytime peak power requirements by the middle of the 1990s, and that electricity in a range that is competitive with fossil fuel costs (i.e. 6 cents/kW-hr) should be available from PV around the turn of the century Author(s) Zweibel, K. Solar Energy Res. Inst., Golden, CO, USA Ullal, H.S.Keywords
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