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CuInSe2 and CdTe Scale-up for Manufacturing

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Advances in Solar Energy

Part of the book series: Advances in Solar Energy ((AISE,volume 6))

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Two candidate polycrystalline thin film materials, CuInSe2, and CdTe, have emerged as potential leaders in the effort to develop low-cost photovoltaics. Until recently, most progress in these materials was on a laboratory scale. For instance, small CuInSe2 cells have reached 14.1% (ARCO Solar), Photon Energy and Ametek have achieved 12.3% and 11% efficiencies for CdTe. However, both technologies are now moving toward commercial products and are being developed for power modules. Issues relating to their scale-up to manufacturing are increasingly germane.

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