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Author:

Carter, Sue A.

Title:

Polymer hybrid photovoltaics for inexpensive electricity generation [electronic resource] : final technical report, 1 September 2001 - 30 April 2006 / S.A. Carter, University of California-Santa Cruz.

Format:

[electronic resource] :

Publisher:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

iii, 13 p. : digital, PDF file.

Subject:

Photovoltaic cells--Research.
Solar cells--Computer simulation.
Polymers--Testing

Other Authors:

University of California, Santa Cruz.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

Notes:

"July 2006." Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 28, 2008).

Summary:

The project goal is to understand the operating mechanisms underlying the performance of polymer hybrid photovoltaics to enable the development of a photovoltaic with a maximum power conversion efficiency over cost ratio that is significantly greater than current PV technologies. Plastic or polymer-based photovoltaics can have significant cost advantages over conventional technologies in that they are compatible with liquid-based plastic processing and can be assembled onto plastic under atmospheric conditions (ambient temperature and pressure) using standard printing technologies, such as reel-to-reel and screen printing. Moreover, polymer-based PVs are lightweight, flexible, and largely unbreakable, which make shipping, installation, and maintenance simpler. Furthermore, a numerical simulation program was developed (in collaboration with IBM) to fully simulate the performance of multicomponent polymer photovoltaic devices, and a manufacturing method was developed (in collaboration with Add-vision) to inexpensively manufacture larger-area devices.

Series:

NREL/SR 520-40044

OCLC:

(OCoLC)173666150

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)