Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference: Proceedings of the International Conference, held at Cannes, France, 27–31 October 1980

Front Matter....Pages i-xliv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introductory Speech....Pages 2-3
The Future of Photovoltaics in Europe....Pages 4-9
Photovoltaics Program Overview....Pages 10-17
United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy....Pages 18-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Sunshine Project Solar Photovoltaic Program and Recent R & D Activities in Japan....Pages 22-29
The Residential Use of Photovoltaics....Pages 30-36
Photovoltaic Activities Within the United States Electric Utility Industry....Pages 37-45
Utility Aspects of Photovoltaics in Europe....Pages 46-51
Environmental, Health, and Safety Aspects of Photovoltaics....Pages 52-59
Le Role De La Technologie Photovoltaïque Dans Le Changement De Societe En Europe....Pages 60-65
Photovoltaic Activities and its Applications in China....Pages 66-70
U.S. Photovoltaic Application Experiments and Market Development....Pages 71-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Prospects for Photovoltaics in the Arab World....Pages 80-88
The Prospects for Photovoltaics in Mexico....Pages 89-97
Evaluation Des Systemes Et Equipements Photovoltaiques Utilises Dans Les PVD....Pages 98-109
Unesco’s Involvement in Furthering Photovoltaics in Developing Countries....Pages 110-116
The Use of Photovoltaic Pumps for Small-Scale Irrigation in the Developing World; a Progress Report on the UNDP/World Bank Project....Pages 117-123
An American View of Photovoltaics in Developing Countries....Pages 124-134
L’Experience Francaise en Matiere D’Utilisation des Photopiles Dans les Pays en Developpement....Pages 135-142
Design, Installation and First Evaluation of a Photovoltaic Power Plant System for the Indonesian Village of Picon in West Java....Pages 143-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Role Des Gouvernements Et Developpement Du Marche Photovoltaique: Le Cas De La France....Pages 150-157
U.S. Department of Energy Collector Cost Reduction Program....Pages 158-165
The Solar Material Market Projections Needs & Commitments....Pages 166-170
A French Industralist’s View of Strategy for Cost Reduction....Pages 171-177
Industrialization of Photovoltaics....Pages 178-185
Research on Photovoltaic Conversion a Guarantee of Efficiency for the European Solar Energy Program.....Pages 186-193
Research Options as Seen From U.S.A.....Pages 194-198
Photovoltaic R&D Program Overview....Pages 199-203
Module and Solar Cell Values as Function of Efficiency....Pages 204-208
Monocrystalline Silicon Sheet Production for Solar Cells by Advanced Ingot Technology....Pages 209-214
Czochralski-Silicon Solar Cell Modules: Present Costs and Future Prospects....Pages 215-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
A U.S. View of Silicon Production Processes....Pages 220-227
Progress Toward Goals in Silicon Sheet Development....Pages 228-235
The Wacker Approach to Low-Cost Silicon Material Technology....Pages 236-243
Ribbons and Sheets as an Alternative to Ingots in Solar Cell Technology....Pages 244-251
Directional Solidification of Mg Silicon by Heat Exchanger Method (HEM) for Photovoltaic Applications....Pages 252-256
Advances in Silicon Solar Cell Processing....Pages 257-262
Comparison of Solar Cells from Nonsingle and Single Crystalline Silicon in a Pilot Production Line....Pages 263-269
The Annealing of Ion-Implanted Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 270-278
Low-Cost Solar Array Project Progress and Plans....Pages 279-286
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Photovoltaic Testing in the European Communities....Pages 287-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
The Status of Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 294-301
The Development of Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 302-308
Development of Amorphous Si Solar Cells in Japan....Pages 309-316
Post-Hydrogenation of CVD Amorphous Silicon: A Promising Preparation Process for Solar Cells....Pages 317-321
Properties of Fluorinated Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 322-326
Sprayed Cadmium Sulphide Solar Cells....Pages 327-334
Cu 2 S-Cds Sprayed Solar Cells....Pages 335-339
Evaporated Cds-Cu x S Solar Cells....Pages 340-347
The Need for Photovoltaic Unit Operations Experimentation....Pages 348-352
MIS and SIS Silicon Solar Cells: A Review....Pages 353-357
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Operational, Reliability, and Maintenance Experience with Photovoltaic Concentrator Arrays....Pages 360-367
Photovoltaic Concentrator Power Station for a Village in Saudi Arabia....Pages 368-374
Sun Tracking Controller for Multi-KW Photovoltaic Concentrator System....Pages 375-380
Le Programme SOPHOCLE....Pages 381-390
Parabolic Trough Concentrators....Pages 391-395
New Concepts for Static Concentration of Direct and Diffuse Radiation....Pages 396-400
Advanced Concepts for Photovoltaic Concentration....Pages 401-407
Growth and Characterization of Cascade Solar Cells....Pages 408-412
On the Conversion of Solar Radiation with Fluorescent Planar Concentrators (FPCs)....Pages 413-417
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Measurement of the Spectral Response of Silicon Solar Cells Under Highly Illuminated Conditions....Pages 418-422
Front Matter....Pages 423-423
Les Applications De L’Energie Solaire Dans Les Telecommunications....Pages 424-434
Experience Acquired in the Field of Low Power Photovoltaic Application to Educational Television....Pages 435-438
The Application of Photovoltaics to Water Pumping and Irrigation In Africa....Pages 439-445
Energie Solaire ET Agriculture....Pages 446-451
Optimization of Solar Pump System Without Electrical Storage....Pages 452-456
Cathodic Protection of Pipelines by Photocells....Pages 457-462
Photovoltaic Systems for Cooling Applications....Pages 463-471
Nouveau Systeme De Stockage Et De Refroidissement Primaire Du Poisson Dans Les Villages De Pecheurs Isoles, Grace a L’energie Solaire....Pages 472-476
Current Photovoltaics Applications—Transport....Pages 477-484
Experimental Study of Disequilibriums in Photovoltaic Solar Arrays....Pages 485-489
Effect of Partial Shadowing on Solar Panels Hot Spot or Breakdown?....Pages 490-495
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Survey of Residential and Intermediate Photovoltaic Applications....Pages 498-504
Analysis of a 60 KW Photovoltaic Power Plant After the First Year of Operation....Pages 505-512
Photovoltaic Pilot Projects in the European Community....Pages 513-520
Photovoltaics in the Context of off-Grid Small Power Systems....Pages 521-525
A 50 kW Photovoltaic Power Plant Coupled to the 15000 V Electricity Grid....Pages 526-530
Hardware Simulation of a Scaled Down Photovoltaic Power System....Pages 531-536
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Status of the German Terrestrial Photovoltaic Activities....Pages 538-540
An Appraisal of Stand-Alone Photovoltaic Systems for Rural Applications....Pages 541-546
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Current Status of Solar Cell Performance of Unconventional Silicon Sheets....Pages 548-552
Multiple EFG Silicon Ribbon Technology as the Basis for Manufacturing Low-Cost Terrestrial Solar Cells....Pages 553-557
Progress in the Growth and Performances of Rad Silicon Sheets....Pages 558-562
Characterization of Rad Polysilicon Sheets Using the Sem in the Ebic Mode and the Photoelectrochemical Cell....Pages 563-568
Evaluation of Silicon-on-Ceramic Material for Low-Cost Solar Cells....Pages 569-573
Epitaxial Growth of Silicon by CVD in a Hot-Wall Furnace....Pages 574-578
Applicability of Vacuum Deposited Silicon Layers for Solar Cells....Pages 579-583
Characterization of Plasma-Sprayed Silicon Layers as Possible Base Material for Solar Cell Fabrication....Pages 584-588
Silicon Bicrystal: Growth and Characterization....Pages 589-592
Behaviour of Multicrystalline Silicon....Pages 593-597
Study of the Elaboration of Semicrystalline Silicon Ingots....Pages 598-602
New Wire Silicon Slicing Technology for Solar Cell....Pages 603-606
Development of Large Area, Low-Cost, Solar Cell Processing Sequence....Pages 608-614
Development of Low Cost Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells for Terrestrial Applications....Pages 615-619
Passivation of Grain Boundaries in Polycrystalline Solar Cells....Pages 620-624
Optimized Diffusion Parameters for Cells Made by Columnar Silicon....Pages 625-629
Direct Coupled Microwave Thermal Processing for Photovoltaic Device Fabrication....Pages 630-634
Doping of Silicon by Laser-Induced Diffusion....Pages 635-638
Solar Cells Realized by Laser Induced Diffusion of Dopants Deposited on Silicon Surface....Pages 639-645
Effects of Special Processing on Diffusion Lengths in Polycrystalline Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 646-649
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Scanning Spectral Response Measurements of Large Grain Polysilicon Solar Cells for Process Optimization....Pages 650-653
An Experimental Study of Al-Alloyed pp + Junctions for BSF Solar Cells....Pages 654-658
The Influence of Surface Conditions on the Open Circuit Voltage of Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 659-663
Electrical Properties of Grain Boundaries in Nonsingle Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 664-673
Screenable All-Metal Solar Cell Electrodes of Nickel and Copper....Pages 674-678
Reliable Screen-Printed Contacts on Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 679-683
Silicon Solar Cells with Nickel/Solder Metallization....Pages 684-690
Status, Technology and Development of Silicon Solar Cells at Iner....Pages 691-695
A Simplified Ion Implantation System for Solar Cell Production....Pages 698-702
Laser Processing for High Efficiency Solar Cells....Pages 703-707
Application of Laser Annealing to Solar Cell Junction Formation....Pages 708-712
Laser-Annealed Silicon Solar Cells: A Comparison Between Ion-Beam and Glow Discharge Implantation....Pages 713-718
The Effects of Laser and Electron Beam Annealing on Ion Implanted Silicon Solar Cells.....Pages 719-723
Comparative Study of the Thermal Characteristics of Various Solar Cell Module Structures....Pages 726-730
Terrestrial Photovoltaic Performance Reference Conditions....Pages 731-735
Current United States Activities in Photovoltaics Consensus Standards....Pages 736-740
Methodology for a Reliability Study on Photovoltaic Modules....Pages 741-745
Optical Measurement of Cell Temperature in a Solar Array....Pages 746-750
Natural Sunlight Accelerated Weathering of Photovoltaic Modules....Pages 751-755
The Procedure to Generate Secondary Standard Solar Cells with Semi-Absolute Spectral Response....Pages 756-760
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Surface Properties of Cu 2-x S and its Influence on the Performance of Frontwall Cu 2-x S-CdS Thin Film Solar Cells....Pages 762-766
An Ebic Study of the CdS-Ci 2 S Photovoltaic Cell....Pages 767-771
Transparent, Conductive Layers of Sprayed Indium Tin Oxide in Backwall Cu 2 S-CdS Cells....Pages 772-776
Influence of the Carrier Concentration of CdS on the Properties of Dry Process Cu 2 S-CdS Solar Cell....Pages 777-781
CdZnS-Cu 2 S Thin Film Solar Cells....Pages 782-786
Cu 2 S/Zn x Cd 1-x S Heterojunction Solar Cells Formed on Sprayed Zn x Cd 1-x S Films....Pages 787-792
Heterojunction Energy Band Lineups in Cd 1-x Zn x S/Cu 2 S Solar Cells....Pages 793-797
Integrated Cu x S-CdS Thin Film Solar Cell Panels with Higher Output Voltages....Pages 798-802
Analysis of Parameters Limiting the Conversion Efficiency of a-Si:H Photovoltaic Cells....Pages 804-808
Hydrogenated A-SI Multi-Junction Solar Cells and Interference Effects in the Spectral Response....Pages 809-814
Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Schottcky Barriers Diodes....Pages 815-819
Further Optimization of Amorphous Hydrogenated Silicon Films for Solar Cells by the Use of RF Bias-Sputtering....Pages 820-824
Control of Properties of Amorphous Silicon Films by Defined Variation of Plasma Parameters....Pages 825-829
Electrical Properties of Hydrogenated Amorphous Si 1-x Ge x Alloys....Pages 830-834
Amorphous Si 1_x Ge x for High Performance Solar Cell....Pages 835-839
Infrared Absorption in Magnetron Sputtered A-Si:H Films: Experiments Using Shields to Resolve Si:H x Formation Mechanisms....Pages 840-844
Can Recombination Via Interfacial States in MIS Solar Cells be of Advantage?....Pages 846-850
Properties of Semitransparent Films of Low Work Function Metals for MIS Solar Cells....Pages 851-855
Efficient Solar Cells on Polycrystalline and Highly Defected Substrates Using Ion Sputtered Indium Tin Oxide....Pages 856-862
Tin Oxide-Silicon Dioxide-Silicon MIS Solar Cells....Pages 863-865
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Application of Amorphous Silicon Nitride for MIS/Inversion Layer Solar Cells....Pages 866-870
Properties of CdSe-MIS Solar Cells....Pages 871-875
Evaluation of Electrodeposited Cadmium Telluride Solar Cells....Pages 878-881
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Quantum and Energy Conversion Efficiency in CdTe p-n Junctions....Pages 882-886
Solar Cells Based on Indium Phosphide....Pages 887-891
n ITO spray / p InP Solar Cells....Pages 892-896
Copper Indium Diselenide for CdS: CuInSe 2 Solar Cells....Pages 897-901
Indium Selenide Solar Cells....Pages 902-905
Characterization of n-CdS/p-Si Heterojunction Solar Cells....Pages 906-910
Performance of Ultra High Efficiency Thin Germanium P-N Junction Solar Cells Intended for Solar Thermophotovoltaic Application....Pages 911-919
Thermodynamic Limitations of Direct Solar Energy Conversion....Pages 922-926
Thermodynamical Limits to Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conversion Efficiency....Pages 927-932
Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Solar Cell Open Circuit Voltage Decay. Emitter, Base Lifetime and Gap Narrowing Measurements.....Pages 933-937
Quantitative Model of Influence of Grain Boundaries on the Junctions Space Charge....Pages 938-942
Computer-Aided Analysis of the Short Circuit Current of MIS Solar Cells. Application for the Determination of Minority Carrier Diffusion Lengths for Conventional Solar Cells from Spectral Response Measurements.....Pages 943-948
Non-Ideal Current-Voltage Characteristics....Pages 949-953
New Organic Material for Electronic Device Improvement....Pages 954-958
Low Resistance Solar Cells for the First Spanish Concentrating Photovoltaic Array....Pages 960-964
Temperature Effects in Silicon Concentration Solar Cells....Pages 965-969
High Efficiency Large Area AlGaAs/GaAs Concentrator Solar Cells....Pages 970-974
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Study and Tests of a Hybrid Photovoltaic/Thermal Concentrating Collector....Pages 975-980
Optical Characteristics of the Dispersion Concentrator and its Influence on Photovoltaic Systems....Pages 981-985
High Efficiency GaAs Photovoltaic Solar Systems....Pages 986-990
Automated Concentrator Cell Module Assembly....Pages 991-995
Construction and Testing of Experimental Plants Using Solar Cells and Concentrators....Pages 996-1000
Performances of Photovoltaic Concentration Module Consisting of Silicon Solar Cells with a Facet Cylindrical Mirror “Coss”....Pages 1001-1005
Multibandgap Cells in a Thermophotovoltaic System....Pages 1006-1011
Description of a Concentrating Photovoltaic Energy System for Wilcox Memorial Hospital on Kauai....Pages 1012-1015
Centres de Reception Communautaire de Television Alimentes par Generateurs Solaires au Niger Reemetteurs de Television Alimentes par les Energies Nouvelles en France....Pages 1018-1022
Solar Cell/Battery Plants for Telecommunication Systems in Denmark — Development of a Test Facility....Pages 1023-1027
The 5 kW Generator at the Alpine Refuge “Les Evettes” — Operating Data....Pages 1028-1032
Optimization of the P.V. Array-Load Energy Transfer by Means of an Electronic Adaptator....Pages 1033-1037
Photovoltaic Power Generation System Interconnected with Mains....Pages 1038-1040
Power Conditioning Unit for Photovoltaic Power Systems....Pages 1041-1045
An Analytical Approach of a Photovoltaic Water Pumping System....Pages 1048-1052
Recherche de la Puissance Optimale Delivree par un Generateur Photovol-TaïQue a L’Aide D’Un Dispositif Microprogramme....Pages 1053-1057
Pilot Instalation for Small Power Photovoltaic Systems....Pages 1058-1062
Improvements of Efficiency of Solar Powered Pumps....Pages 1063-1067
New Type of Transformerless High Efficiency Inverter....Pages 1068-1072
Future of Photovoltaics for Residential Applications in France....Pages 1073-1075
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Considerations on the Feasibility of a 1 Mw p Central PV Plant to be Tied to the European Electrical Network....Pages 1076-1081
Station Mixte Eolienne Photovoltaïque Pour un Village du Senegal....Pages 1082-1086
The ACEC “ESPOIR” and “SPES” Systems....Pages 1087-1091
Front Matter....Pages 1093-1093
Thin-Film Polycrystalline (CdZn)S/Cu 2 S Solar Cells of 10% Conversion Efficiency....Pages 1094-1096
Recent Developments in Thermophotovoltaic Conversion....Pages 1097-1097
High Efficiency Silicon Solar Cells....Pages 1098-1098
Back Matter....Pages 1099-1132