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 Glenn
Research Center
1989 Phase II
Flexible,
Lightweight, Amorphous, Silicon Solar Cells Tuned for Air Mass Zero
(AMO) Spectrum
Iowa Thin Film Technologies, Inc.
Ames, IA
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INNOVATION
Tandem amorphous
silicon modules on a
polyimide substrate
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Flexible Amorphous Silicon Modules
on a Polyimide Substrate
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Optical modeling to calculate
thicknesses of device layers for maximum AMO solar spectrum
absorption
- Deposition parameters for device
layers optimized for performance of amorphous silicon solar cells
in space
- Construction of a dedicated
tandem amorphous silicon deposition machine
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Company sales as a result of
SBIR were $200K and growing
- ITFT increased from a few employees
to 12 full time and 8 part-time employees
- Phase III monies totaled $4.7M
from several government and private sources. The DOE National
Renewable Energy Labs (NREL) is the largest government contract
- Private investment provided
the financing of a just completed production facility
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- ITFT amorphous silicon modules
for space applications are under evaluation at the NASA JPL
- ITFT modules are under evaluation
at the NREL/DOE Laboratory for terrestrial applications
- Companies evaluating our material
for space applications include Lockheed-Martin and TRW, which includes
testing in space
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