NDLI: Thin film initiatives in India

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Author	Surendra, T.S. Raju, B.V. Rajan, A.V.
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., JNT Univ., India (Surendra, T.S.)
Abstract	This paper profiles thin film initiatives in India (a-Si in particular) manufacture, system integration, exploitation in the field and in R&D a-Si PV laminates/modules (unisolar/KANEKA/RWE Schott Solar et al) seem most promising for water pumping in India. Although R&D efforts in thin films (a-Si) were initiated as early as in 1978 by Prof A.K. Barua of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), the first major manufacturing initiative came from the private sector (Suryovonics Ltd., Hyderabad) in 1988/89. This was a collaborative effort between Suryovonics Ltd. and energy conversion devices, MI, USA. The Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES) soon followed by setting up a single junction a-Si (glass-in-glass-out) plant in 1992, at Gurgaon, now under upgradation with the help of IACS and BHEL (Bharath Heavy Electricals Ltd.). Attempts to productionize cdTe and CIS/CIGS technologies have not succeeded yet in India, though serious research is under way at India's premier research laboratories and Institutes of learning. One other significant manufacturing initiative that has taken shape today is from Titan Energy Systems Ltd, a private company in Hyderabad, who have a technical collaboration with RWE Schott Solar GmbH, Germany, for module making with imported (patented) double-junction coated plates (outdoor use type). It is expected that thin film technologies, particularly a-Si, would take off in the years to come as they would "provide greater flexibility in the design of large area monolithic modules" as Dr Christopher R.Wronski contends (1). The key driver to thin film initiatives would be cost reduction, suitability (especially a-Si) to India's climatic conditions and the desirability to use lighter and easily portable PV modules (on 5 mil stainless steel or plastic substrates as offered by the Unisolar Ovonic technology) in remote areas.
Sponsorship	IEEE Electron Devices Soc. (USA)
Starting Page	1761
Ending Page	1764
File Size	783655
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780387074
ISSN	01608371
DOI	10.1109/PVSC.2005.1488491
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-01-03
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Transistors Acceleration Research and development Pulp manufacturing Laminates Collaboration Energy conversion Computational Intelligence Society Laboratories Shape
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Control and Systems Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
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