caa a22 4500 388019093 CHVBK 20180307124919.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199810 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1557/JMR.1998.0377 doi S0884291400046136 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1557/JMR.1998.0377 Advances in amorphous silicon photovoltaic technology [Elektronische Daten] With the advent of new multijunction thin film solar cells, amorphous silicon photovoltaic technology is undergoing a commercial revival with about 30 megawatts of annual capacity coming on-line in the next year. These new a−Si multijunction modules should exhibit stabilized conversion efficiencies on the order of 8%, and efficiencies over 10% may be obtained in the next several years. The improved performance results from the development of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon alloy films with improved optoelectronic properties and from the development of more efficient device structures. Moreover, the manufacturing costs for these multijunction modules using the new large-scale plants should be on the order of $1 per peak watt. These modules may find widespread use in solar farms, photovoltaic roofing, as well as in traditional remote applications. Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998 Carlson D. E. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 Rajan K. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 Arya R. R. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 Willing F. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 Yang L. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 Journal of Materials Research Cambridge University Press 13/10(1998-10), 2754-2762 0884-2914 13:10<2754 1998 13 JMR https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1998.0377 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1998.0377 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Carlson D. E. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rajan K. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arya R. R. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Willing F. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang L. Solarex, a Business Unit of Amoco/Enron Solar, 826 Newtown-Yardley Road, Newtown, Pennsylvania 18940 NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Materials Research Cambridge University Press 13/10(1998-10), 2754-2762 0884-2914 13:10<2754 1998 13 JMR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge