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Single source precursors for thin film solar cells
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Banger, Kulbinder K. Hollingsworth, Jennifer A. Cowen, Jonathan Hepp, Aloysius F. Buhro, William E. Harris, Jerry D. |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Description | The development of thin film solar cells on flexible, lightweight, space-qualified substrates provides an attractive cost solution to fabricating solar arrays with high specific power, (W/kg). The use of a polycrystalline chalcopyrite absorber layer for thin film solar cells is considered as the next generation photovoltaic devices. At NASA GRC we have focused on the development of new single source precursors (SSP) and their utility to deposit the chalcopyrite semi-conducting layer (CIS) onto flexible substrates for solar cell fabrication. The syntheses and thermal modulation of SSPs via molecular engineering is described. Thin-film fabrication studies demonstrate the SSPs can be used in a spray CVD (chemical vapor deposition) process, for depositing CIS at reduced temperatures, which display good electrical properties, suitable for PV (photovoltaic) devices. |
| File Size | 3371246 |
| Page Count | 29 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20020063426 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2z36s02t |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2002-06-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Thin Films Solar Cells Fabrication Complex Compounds Vapor Deposition Solar Arrays Semiconductors Materials Polycrystals Thermal Analysis Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |