A new class of tandems: Optically coupled III-V/silicon module with outdoor efficiency exceeding 30% Award Number: DE-EE0007368 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.11 Solar Energy Technologies Office Date: 4/14/2016 Location(s): AZ Office(s): Golden Fi...
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A new class of tandems: Optically coupled III-V/silicon module with outdoor efficiency exceeding 30%
Award Number: DE-EE0007368
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.11
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Date: 4/14/2016
Location(s): AZ
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Arizona State University (ASU) to demonstrate a 30%-efficient, tandem photovoltaic (PV) prototype module that will bring the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of utility-scale PV down to $0.03/kWh. Proposed activities would include design, fabrication, in-lab verification, and field testing of a PV module.
Design and fabrication activities would occur at the Solar Power Laboratory on campus at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ. The facility in which lab work would occur is purpose-built for the type of activities being proposed and would not need additional permits for the proposed activities.