SBIR/STTR Research Award
Self Cleaning Process Control Sensor for Thin Film Solar Cell Manufcaturing
Award amount
$99,921Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Energy
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Colnatec, LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- 2011-03-18
- UEI
- MQMDZ8NMNAE6
- Solicitation number
- DE-FOA-0000161
- Topic code
- 02 b
Research abstract
Thin film solar cells, or thin film photovoltaic (PV) cells, are a promising and cost effective means of generating electricity from sunlight. Their manufacture, however, often requires critical, careful process controls in order to produce efficient and economically viable devices. Current process sensors that monitor the thickness of the thin film layers are not reliable enough to meet these demands, often failing after continuous use in a matter of hours as a result of high heat and/or excessive layer build-up. We will develop a state of the art sensor that addresses these shortcomings. We propose replacing the current
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2011). Reported award amounts total $599,921. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Energy