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Mass production technology for multicrystalline Si solar cells
Author(s) -
Shirasawa Katsuhiko
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
progress in photovoltaics: research and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.286
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1099-159X
pISSN - 1062-7995
DOI - 10.1002/pip.410
Subject(s) - silicon , production (economics) , materials science , crystalline silicon , engineering physics , technology development , environmental science , business , optoelectronics , engineering , manufacturing engineering , economics , macroeconomics
Worldwide shipments of PV modules in the last 10 years show an increase of about 20% per year; shipments were 277 MW in 2000. About 80% of modules are made from crystalline silicon. Shipments of multicrystalline silicon (mc‐Si) modules have shown substantial increase. The PV market may be expected to increase by the development of low‐cost, and high‐technology multicrystalline silicon solar cells. This paper reviews recent progress in mass production technologies of mc‐Si solar cells. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.