Open AccessAnnual Report: Photovoltaic Subcontract Program FY 1990
Author(s) -
K. A. Summers
Publication year - 1991
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1114049
Subject(s) - fiscal year , photovoltaic system , research program , library science , cover (algebra) , engineering , environmental science , engineering physics , political science , computer science , electrical engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics , law
This report summarizes the progress of the Photovoltaic (PV) Subcontract Program of the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) from October 1, 1989 through September 30, 1990. The PV Subcontract Program is responsible for managing the subcontracted portion of SERI's PV Advanced Research and Development Project. In fiscal year 1990, this included more than 54 subcontracts with a total annualized funding of approximately $11.9 million. Approximately two-thirds of the subcontracts were with universities at a total funding of nearly $3.3 million. The six technical sections of the report cover the main areas of the subcontract program: the Amorphous Silicon Research Project, Polycrystalline Thin Films, Crystalline Silicon Materials Research, High-Efficiency Concepts, the New Ideas Program, and the University Participation Program. Technical summaries of each of the subcontracted programs provide a discussion of approaches, major accomplishments in FY 1990, and future research directions. Another section introduces the PVMaT project and reports on its progress