Proceedings of the EC Contractors' Meeting held in Brussels, 16-17 November 1982

Review Papers.- Review paper on ?ilicon cells.- Review paper on thin film solar cells.- Review paper on photovoltaic module technology, system studies and concentrator devices.- Silicon Cells.- a) Cell process development.- Development of new techniques for silicon solar cell fabrication.- Study of mono- or polycrystalline solar cell process using screen printing technology.- Technology of amorphous silicon thin films for solar cells and applications to power systems.- b) Ion implantation.- Ion implantation without mass analysis and laser annealing for fabrication of silicon solar cells.- Investigation on the potentiality offered by ion implantation and electron beam annealing to obtain high efficiency solar cells.- An experimental investigation of ion implantation combined with laser and incoherent-light annealing, and of laser-induced diffusion for the production of solar cells.- Optimization of polycrystalline silicon solar cells produced by ion-implantation and pulsed laser annealing.- Low cost implantation into silicon.- c) Material.- Design, construction and optimization on the industrial prototype scale of a furnace able to produce polycrystalline silicon ingots as material for solar cells.- Classification of crystal defects in solar base material with diamond lattice.- Implementation of low cost semi crystalline silicon solar cells.- Optimization of processing conditions of solar cells versus physical properties of relatively low cost silicon.- Continuous production of photovoltaic silicon ribbons by the new pendant drop growth (PDG) method.- Growth and solar cell aspects in relation to polycrystalline silicon ribbons grown by the RAD process.- d) Modules.- Studies relating to new encapsulation materials.- Encapsulation of photovoltaic solar cell modules.- R&Dwork on the encapsulation of solar cells with improved potting and cover materials.- Alternative Celts.- a) ? - Si.- Photogeneration in amorphous silicon solar cells.- Atomic transport in and stability of amorphous silicon solar cells.- Generateur photovoltaïque au silicium amorphe hydrogène.- Development of sputtered thin-film a-Si solar cells.- Preparation, study and characterization of hydrogenated amorphous silicon for photovoltaic cells.- b) CdS - Cu2S.- Studies to improve the efficiency of Cu2S-CdS spray solar cells.- Electrochemical preparation of cuprous sulfide.- Electrophoretically deposited thin films for low cost solar cells.- c) CdSe.- Development of a CdSe thin film solar cell.- System Studies.- Optimization research into a complete photovoltaic generator/consumer appliance system for small independent electricity supply.- Development of a microcomputer for the control of a photovoltaic power station.- Feasibility study for small solar cell operated units.- Photovoltaic system for a solar house.- Hybrid thermal and photovoltaic concentration collector.- Concentration.- Test and demonstration of concentrating photovoltaic generators SOPHOCLE under Mediterranean climatic conditions.- Conversion of solar energy using fluorescent collectors: installation of a test collector to deliver several watts power.- Holographic thin film system for multijunction solar cells.- High concentration P.V. 100 Wp module making use of spectrum splitting and Si-GaAlAs coupled cells.- List of Participants.