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      Development of silicon solar cells and photovoltaic modules in Brazil: analysis of a pilot production

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      Materials Research
      ABM, ABC, ABPol
      pilot plant, solar cells, photovoltaic modules

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          Brazil is a country that receives a large amount of solar radiation. Moreover, high quality quartz mines has been found in its territory and the country has well-established metallurgical grade silicon industries. However, PV technology is not used in large scale and there are no active solar cell fabs. In this context, a pilot plant to develop industrial PV technology was carried out in a Brazilian university combining education, research and industrial development. Silicon solar cell processes based on low cost chemicals and gases as well as gettering mechanisms were developed and more than 12,000 solar cells were fabricated, achieving efficiencies up to 16%, and two hundred photovoltaic modules were produced and characterized.

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                Journal
                mr
                Materials Research
                Mat. Res.
                ABM, ABC, ABPol (São Carlos, , Brazil )
                1516-1439
                1980-5373
                August 2012
                : 15
                : 4
                : 581-588
                Affiliations
                [01] Porto Alegre RS orgnamePontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul orgdiv1Faculty of Physics orgdiv2Solar Energy Technology Nucleus Brazil
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                S1516-14392012000400016 S1516-1439(12)01500416
                10.1590/S1516-14392012000400016
                9c67a92f-d19a-4af9-9cf9-efef321e961b

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 07 January 2012
                : 21 April 2012
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                solar cells,pilot plant,photovoltaic modules
                solar cells, pilot plant, photovoltaic modules

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