One-Step Super Emitters for High Efficiency Solar Cells Award Number: DE-EE0007191 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Solar Energy Technologies Office Date: 05/2/2016 Location(s): AR Office(s): Golden Field Office
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May 19, 2016
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One-Step Super Emitters for High Efficiency Solar Cells
Award Number: DE-EE0007191
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Date: 05/2/2016
Location(s): AR
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Picasolar Inc. to design and fabricate first generation manufacturing equipment to produce solar photovoltaic (PV) cells using emitter technology to deposit hydrogen onto the surface of the solar cell.
Proposed project activities would include design and fabrication of the emitting equipment; fabricating and testing high efficiency solar cells made of silicon that use hydrogen and boron doping sources and silver grid contacts at bench scale; and manufacturing solar panels at pilot scale. Design and fabrication of the emitting equipment would be completed by an established subcontractor. Fabrication and testing of high efficiency solar cells would occur at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA and at Picasolar facilities in Fayetteville, AR. The pilot-scale manufacturing of 1,000 solar panels would be subcontracted and would occur at an existing, permitted facility.