SBIR Phase II: Nanoparticle Te Inks for Spray Deposition of Submicron Te Contact Layers in CdTe Solar Cells

Information

• NSF Award
• 0216422

Owner

• CeraMem Corporation

• Award Id

  0216422

• Award Effective Date

  9/1/2002 - 22 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  8/31/2004 - 20 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 485,547.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project is aimed at making Photovoltaic (PV) solar electric power more affordable to our nation and to the world. The technology in this program, represents a new process for the manufacturing of cadmium Telluride (CdTe) solar cells. In this process the contact layers of copper-doped tellurium nanoparticles are sprayed on rather than sputtered, which promises to be a more efficient method of manufacturing. The successful CdTe solar cell prototype will be designed with input from potential end-users as a means of increasing the likelihood for commercialization. <br/> It is anticipated that this process will result in solar cells with superior initial and long-term efficiencies. Such improvements in performance could result in reduced costs for solar cell manufacturing ($/W), higher power during operation (kW-h/yr), and an extension of the useful lifetime - three aspects that will allow solar energy to be more competitive with existing methods for electric power production.

• Program Officer

  William Haines

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/6/2002 - 22 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  2/13/2004 - 20 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  CeraMem Corporation

• City

  Waltham

• State

  MA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  12 Clematis Avenue

• Postal Code

  024533701

• Phone Number

  6178994495

• First Name

  Ilvydas

• Last Name

  Matulionis

• Email Address

  matulionis@ceramem.com

• Start Date

  2/13/2004 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Douglas

• Last Name

  Schulz

• Email Address

  doug.schulz@ndsu.edu

• Start Date

  8/6/2002 12:00:00 AM

• End Date

  02/13/2004

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000

• Text

  SMALL BUSINESS PHASE II

• Code

  5373

• Text

  CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL SEPAR

• Code

  1417

• Text

  SINGLE DIVISION/UNIVERSITY - INDUSTRY

• Code

  9163

• Text

  ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSING PROGRAM