SBIR Phase II: Nanoparticle Te Inks for Spray Deposition of Submicron Te Contact Layers in CdTe Solar Cells

SBIR 第二阶段：用于在 CdTe 太阳能电池中喷涂沉积亚微米 Te 接触层的纳米颗粒 Te 油墨

• 批准号: 0216422
• 负责人: Ilvydas Matulionis
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: CeraMem Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0216422&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Nanoparticle; Te

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project is aimed at making Photovoltaic (PV) solar electric power more affordable to our nation and to the world. The technology in this program, represents a new process for the manufacturing of cadmium Telluride (CdTe) solar cells. In this process the contact layers of copper-doped tellurium nanoparticles are sprayed on rather than sputtered, which promises to be a more efficient method of manufacturing. The successful CdTe solar cell prototype will be designed with input from potential end-users as a means of increasing the likelihood for commercialization. It is anticipated that this process will result in solar cells with superior initial and long-term efficiencies. Such improvements in performance could result in reduced costs for solar cell manufacturing ($/W), higher power during operation (kW-h/yr), and an extension of the useful lifetime - three aspects that will allow solar energy to be more competitive with existing methods for electric power production.

这个小企业创新研究第二阶段项目的目的是使光伏（PV）太阳能电力更负担得起我们的国家和世界。 该计划中的技术代表了碲化镉（CdTe）太阳能电池制造的新工艺。在这个过程中，铜掺杂碲纳米颗粒的接触层是喷涂而不是溅射的，这有望成为一种更有效的制造方法。 成功的碲化镉太阳能电池原型的设计将考虑到潜在最终用户的意见，以增加商业化的可能性。 预期该方法将产生具有上级初始和长期效率的太阳能电池。这种性能上的改进可以降低太阳能电池的制造成本（$/W），提高运行期间的功率（kW-h/yr），并延长使用寿命-这三个方面将使太阳能与现有的电力生产方法更具竞争力。