| Description |
1 online resource (iv, 40 p.) : ill. (some col.) |
| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed May16, 2011). |
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"December 2009." |
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"Subcontract report." |
| Summary |
The goal of Plextronics, Inc.'s Solar America Initiative PV Incubator contract was to take its organic photovoltaic (OPV) technology from laboratory-scale and demonstrate a pathway to 3-W manufacturing capacity (~2010) and 7 cents/kWh levelized cost of energy by 2015. The work supports the Solar Energy Technology Program charter as follows: (1) Driving commercialization of novel, low-cost thin-film PV technology by developing commercial high-performance OPV inks to enable module production; (2) Systematically, quantitatively evaluating technological options on the pathway to achieving grid parity with conventional power sources; (3) Demonstrating an OPV module development line and using it as a pathway to establishing a high-volume manufacturing facility that will eventually contribute to U.S. installed domestic capacity for PV systems. Plextronics used a three-pronged approach to meet the Incubator goals: (1) Drive device efficiency via materials development; (2) Improve stability and lifetime via device design and process development; (3) Translate lab-scale performance to large-area modules by establishing a pilot manufacturing-development line to evaluate manufacturing-worthy processes. |
| Funding |
Sponsored by NREL DE-AC36-08 GO28308 NAT-7-77015-06 |
| Subject |
Photovoltaic power systems -- Design and construction.
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Solar cells.
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Organic semiconductors.
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Thin films.
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| Added Author |
Laird, D.
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Von Roedern, Bolko G.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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| Gpo Item No. |
0430-P-05 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
E 9.18:NREL/SR-520-47289 |
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