Award Number: DE-EE0008562CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6Solar Energy Technologies OfficeLocation(s): GAOffice(s): Golden Field Office
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December 20, 2018
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Award Number: DE-EE0008562
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): GA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) to develop P-type Passivated Emitter and Rear Cells (P-PERC) and/or Passivated Emitter and Rear Poly (PER-Poly) cells at or greater than 22.5% efficiency. Traditional PERC cells would be physically modified to incorporate improvements to the solar cell, including the implementation of carrier selective passivated contact at the rear of the cell, the incorporation of advanced homogeneous phosphorous emitters at the front of the cell, advanced screen printing, and the substitution of p-Si junction cells with n-Si cells. The project would be completed over two budget periods (BPs), with a Go/No-Go Decision Point in between each BP.