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Amorphous silicon PV module manufacturing at BP solar
Author(s) -
Arya R. R.,
Carlson D. E.
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.418
Subject(s) - tandem , amorphous silicon , amorphous solid , silicon , materials science , engineering physics , optoelectronics , environmental science , crystalline silicon , electrical engineering , engineering , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry
BP Solar started manufacturing small‐area, single‐junction amorphous silicon solar cells for consumer applications in 1984, began producing 1 ft 2 (∼0.09 m 2 ) single‐junction modules for terrestrial applications in 1986 and initiated the production of 8.6 ft 2 (∼0.77 m 2 ) tandem modules for both remote and building‐integrated applications in 1997. Over the last few years, the technical and manufacturing personnel at the BP Solar TF1 plant in Toano, Virginia have made tremendous progress in ramping up the plant to where it is now producing amorphous silicon tandem modules with electrical yields in excess of 95% and at a run rate of more than 7 MW p per year. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.