 |
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19820008613: Silicon-on cerami... |
 |
by NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
 |
Thumbnail |
|
Download |
 |
Web page |
|
|
|
The technical feasibility of producing solar-cell-quality |
|
sheet silicon to meet the Department of Energy (DOE) 1986 |
|
overall price goal of $0.70/watt was investigated. With |
|
the silicon-on-ceramic (SOC) approach, a low-cost ceramic |
|
substrate is coated with large-grain polycrystalline |
|
silicon by unidirectional solidification of molten |
|
silicon. This effort was divided into several areas of |
|
investigation in order to most efficiently meet the goals |
|
of the program. These areas include: (1) dip-coating; (2) |
|
continuous coating designated SCIM-coating, and acronym |
|
for Silicon Coating by an Inverted Meniscus (SCIM); (3) |
|
material characterization; (4) cell fabrication and |
|
evaluation; and (5) theoretical analysis. Both coating |
|
approaches were successful in producing thin layers of |
|
large grain, solar-cell-quality silicon. The dip-coating |
|
approach was initially investigated and considerable |
|
effort was given to this technique. The SCIM technique |
|
was adopted because of its scale-up potential and its |
|
capability to produce more conventiently large areas of |
|
SOC. |
|
|
|
Date Published: 2016-08-13 21:30:10 |
|
Identifier: NASA_NTRS_Archive_19820008613 |
|
Item Size: 121054561 |
|
Language: english |
|
Media Type: texts |
|
|
|
# Topics |
|
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS);... |
|
|
|
# Collections |
|
NASA_NTRS_Archive |
|
additional_collections |
|
|
|
# Uploaded by |
|
@chris85 |
|
|
|
# Similar Items |
|
View similar items |
|
|
|
PHAROS |
|
