Photovoltaic Power Generation: Proceedings of the EC Contractors’ Meeting held in Brussels, 16–17 November 1982

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Review Paper on Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 3-4
Review Paper on Thin Film Solar Cells....Pages 5-5
Review Paper on Photovoltaic Module Technology, System Studies and Concentrator Devices....Pages 6-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-10
Development of New Techniques for Silicon Solar Cell Fabrication....Pages 11-20
Study of Mono or Polycrystalline Solar Cell Process Using Screen Printing Technology....Pages 21-28
Technology of Amorphous Silicon Thin Films for Solar Cells and Applications to Power Systems....Pages 29-35
Ion Implantation without Mass Analysis and Laser Annealing for Fabrication of Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 36-43
Investigation on the Potentiality Offered by Ion Implantation and Electron Beam Annealing to Obtain High Efficiency Solar Cells....Pages 44-51
An Experimental Investigation of Ion Implantation Combined with Laser and Incoherent-Light Annealing, and of Laser-Induced Diffusion for the Production of Solar Cells....Pages 52-61
Optimization of Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells Produced by Ion-Implantation and Pulsed Laser Annealing....Pages 62-66
Low Cost Implantation into Silicon....Pages 67-75
Design, Construction and Optimization on the Industrial Prototype Scale of a Furnace Able to Produce Polycrystalline Silicon Ingots as Material for Solar Cells....Pages 76-83
Classification of Crystal Defects in Solar Base Material with Diamond Lattice....Pages 84-90
Implementation of Low Cost Semi Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 91-100
Optimization of Processing Conditions of Solar Cells Versus Physical Properties of Relatively Low Cost Silicon....Pages 101-109
Continuous Production of Photovoltaic Silicon Ribbons by the New Pendant Drop Growth (PDG) Method....Pages 110-117
Growth and Solar Cell Aspects in Relation to Polycrystalline Silicon Ribbons Grown by the RAD Process....Pages 118-127
Studies Relating to New Encapsulation Materials....Pages 128-137
Encapsulation of Photovoltaic Solar Cell Modules....Pages 138-147
R & D Work on the Encapsulation of Solar Cells with Improved Potting and Cover Materials....Pages 148-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Photogeneration in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 156-162
Atomic Transport in and Stability of Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 163-169
Generateur Photovoltaique au Silicium Amorphe Hydrogene....Pages 170-177
Development of Sputtered Thin-Film a-Si Solar Cells....Pages 178-185
Preparation, Study and Characterization of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon for Photovoltaic Cells....Pages 186-191
Studies to Improve the Efficiency of Cu 2 S-CdS Spray Solar Cells....Pages 192-197
Electrochemical Preparation of Cuprous Sulfide....Pages 198-204
Electrophoretically Deposited Thin Films for Low Cost Solar Cells....Pages 205-211
Development of a CdSe Thin Film Solar Cell....Pages 212-219
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Optimization research into a complete photovoltaic generator/consumer appliance system for small independent electricity supply....Pages 222-229
Development of a Microcomputer for the Control of a Photovoltaic Power Station....Pages 230-235
Feasibility Study for Small Solar Cell Operated Units....Pages 236-244
Photovoltaic System for a Solar House....Pages 245-250
Hybrid Thermal and Photovoltaic Concentration Collector....Pages 251-256
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Test and Demonstration of Concentrating Photovoltaic Generators SOPHOCLE under Mediterranean Climatic Conditions....Pages 258-266
Conversion of Solar Energy Using Fluorescent Collectors: Installation of a Test Collector to Deliver Several Watts Power....Pages 267-272
Holographic Thin Film System for Multijunction Solar Cells....Pages 273-280
High Concentration P.V. 100 Wp Module Making Use of Spectrum Splitting and Si-GaAlAs Coupled Cells....Pages 281-289
Back Matter....Pages 291-298