Thin Film Solar Cells Based on Chalcogenides and Chalcopyrites

E. Pfisterer; Hans Werner Schock

doi:10.1117/12.634080

1 February 1992 Thin Film Solar Cells Based on Chalcogenides and Chalcopyrites

E. Pfisterer, Hans Werner Schock

Proceedings Volume 1523, Conference on Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.634080
Event: Conference on Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits, 1992, Madras, India

Abstract

At present the international photovoltaic scenario is characterized by the following features: - during the. last decade the real commercial market has been steadily increasing, with a rate of about 20 % in recent years, and is by far larger than the government-supported market; - this commercial market is totally concentrated on "stand- alone" applications, where a competition by a public grid does not exist; - grid-connected large-scale photovoltaic power plants are no- where in the world competitive with conventional power plants; - the "power-sector" - medium and large-scale PV-installations - is dominated by solar cells made from crystalline silicon; - in the past the goals for efficiency development have been achieved, however, those for cost reduction of PV have always been too optimistic; - the cost reduction potential of c-Si is limited, probably to the range 1 to 2 US $ per peak Watt.

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E. Pfisterer and Hans Werner Schock "Thin Film Solar Cells Based on Chalcogenides and Chalcopyrites", Proc. SPIE 1523, Conference on Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits, (1 February 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.634080

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