Short Summary
High-Volume
Manufacturing for Low-Cost, Flexible Solar Cells
Shalini Menezes
01-18
EISG Project Title: High-Volume Manufacturing for Low-Cost,
Flexible Solar Cells
EISG Grant Number: 01-18
PIER Area: Renewable Energy Technologies
Principal Investigator: Shalini Menezes
Contact Information: Phone:
(805) 497-2677, email: interphases@att.net
Organization: InterPhases Research
Grant Amount: $75,000
Grant Term: 12 Months
Project Description:
Proposes to research the feasibility of developing a new flexible thin-film solar cell based on negatively doped (n) copper indium diselenide (CIS) with fewer cell components relative to the state of the art, positively-doped (p)-CIS cell.
Proposed Outcomes:
§ Manufacturing methodology for deposition of n-CIS film.
§ Prototype n-CIS PV cell.
§ Photoelectrochemical and composition analysis.
§ Efficiency and stability analysis.
§ Feasibility analysis based on performance of prototype cell.
Anticipated Benefits:
§
Potential to reduce thin film production cost from
$26/m2 to about $2/m2 resulting in a 75% deduction in PV module cost.
§ Eliminates the need for cadmium in the PV modules, which reduces the potential for environmental damage.