Toward GW/year of CIGS production within the next decade
In: Selected papers from the photovoltaics, solar energy materials & thin films: Symposium [XV IMRC], Cancun, Mexico, 20-24 August 2006Solar energy materials and solar cells 91(15-16):1376-1382; Jg. 91 (2007) 15-16, S. 1376-1382
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Zugriff:
A detailed study carried out in 1996-1997 showed that manufacturing cost of crystalline silicon PV modules could be lowered to 1 ECU/Wp when the c-Si annual module production level reaches 500 MWp while an annual production of only 60 MWp would lower production cost of thin-film PV modules to 0.6 ECU/Wp. During 1976-2003, the PV module price has followed the 80% learning curve with cumulative production volume. However, the price reduction has slowed since because of the polysilicon supply problem. Because of their high potential for improvement, thin-film PV and especially copper (Cu)-indium (In)-gallium (Ga)-selenide (Se)-sulfide (CIGS) technology have the potential for growing at the fastest rate and consequently not only to complement the lagging c-Si PV production but also to assist in following the 80% learning curve. This paper reviews the CIGS PV manufacturing processes in comparison to those of other PV technologies and predicts that annual production volume of CIGS thin-film PV modules will exceed 1 GW/year within the next 10 years.
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Toward GW/year of CIGS production within the next decade
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| Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | DHERE, Neelkanth G |
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| Quelle: | Selected papers from the photovoltaics, solar energy materials & thin films: Symposium [XV IMRC], Cancun, Mexico, 20-24 August 2006Solar energy materials and solar cells 91(15-16):1376-1382; Jg. 91 (2007) 15-16, S. 1376-1382 |
| Veröffentlichung: | Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007 |
| Medientyp: | Konferenz |
| Umfang: | print, 20 ref |
| ISSN: | 0927-0248 (print) |
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