CX-101300 Bringing high-efficiency silicon solar cells with heterojunction contacts to market with a new, versatile deposition technique

Award Number: DE-EE0008553
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6, B3.15
Solar Energy Technologies Office
Location(s): AZ
Office(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Arizona State University (ASU) to develop an aerosol impact-driven assembly (AIDA) deposition technique for the manufacture of silicon solar cells. The technology would be demonstrated by depositing transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layers and passivation layers onto silicon heterojunction solar cells. 4-cm2 cells would be used initially, with the process later being scaled for 6’’ solar cells. The project would be completed over two Budget Periods (BPs), with a Go/No-Go Decision Point in between each BP.