The U.S. and Japanese amorphous silicon technology programs A comparisonThe U.S. Department of Energy/Solar Energy Research Institute Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) Solar Cell Program performs R&D on thin-film hydrogenated amorphous silicon for eventual development of stable amorphous silicon cells with 12 percent efficiency by 1988. The Amorphous Silicon Solar Cell Program in Japan is sponsored by the Sunshine Project to develop an alternate energy technology. While the objectives of both programs are to eventually develop a-Si photovoltaic modules and arrays that would produce electricity to compete with utility electricity cost, the U.S. program approach is research oriented and the Japanese is development oriented.
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19850057774
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Legacy CDMS
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Conference Paper
Authors
Shimada, K. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)