CX-009544: Categorical Exclusion Determination

How Grain Boundaries Affect the Efficiency of Poly-Cadmium Telluride Solar-Cells CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Date: 11/19/2012 Location(s): Illinois Offices(s): Golden Field Office

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November 19, 2012
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How Grain Boundaries Affect the Efficiency of Poly-Cadmium Telluride Solar-Cells
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Date: 11/19/2012
Location(s): Illinois
Offices(s): Golden Field Office

The U.S. DOE is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of Illinois at Chicago to conduct research and development activities to advance solar photovoltaic technologies. DOE funding would be used to research the role of grain boundaries in Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) based solar-cell devices.