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This presentation describes the highlights of exploratory research into next-generation photovoltaic (PV) technologies funded by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for the purpose of finding disruptive or “leap frog” technologies that have a chance of leaping ahead, both in terms of vastly higher conversion efficiencies and greater penetration of the PV energy marketplace. Next-generation PV technologies are defined as those not in production or only in limited production because of the need for additional long-term research, development, innovation, and commercialization. Since 1999, DOE and the National Renewable Energy Lab-oratory have funded 33 universities and companies to explore these concepts, with a total annual budget of about $2 million per year.
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From Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, Vol. 38, No. 8, 2004, pp. 971–974.
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McConnell, R. Next-generation technologies in the USA. Semiconductors 38, 931–935 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1787114
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