Using a picosecond laser, preliminary results on the scribing of CuInGaSe2 thin film solar cells deposited by the low temperature pulsed electron technique, are reported. The complete …
Abstract. Over the past decade, the power conversion efficiency of halide perovskite solar cells has shown a rapid increase to 26.1%. The significant efficiency growth and the relative simplification of the technology for obtaining thin-film solar cells due to liquid printing methods determine the high potential for the low-cost perovskite solar cells manufacturing.
Cu(In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGS) thin film photovoltaic (PV) is a promising architecture owing to its high efficiency at low material cost and other merits such as compatibility with flexible platforms. 1 Molybdenum (Mo) has been accepted as a desirable bottom contact material. 2 However, its opaque nature poses limitations in the laser scribing process that is a preferred …
Gediminas Račiukaitis, Paulius Gečys, Romualdas Trusovas, Raimondas Kondrotas; March 23–25, 2010. "Picosecond laser scribing for thin-film solar cell manufacturing." Proceedings of the Pacific International Conference on Applications of Lasers and Optics.PICALO 2010: 4th Pacific International Conference on Laser Materials Processing, Micro, Nano and …
Thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) still hold unlocked potential for achieving both high efficiency and low manufacturing ... laser scribing of CIGS solar cells on flexible polymer substrates. The ...
Single pulse ablation and scribing experiments in the thin-film solar cell structures together with theoretical modeling of laser energy coupling in the complex CZTSe structure are presented.
The Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin film solar cell is a promising material architecture considering its high photovoltaic (PV) efficiency at low material cost. Recently, the authors demonstrated all laser based mini-module fabrication on a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) based CIGS architecture, using a cost-effective nanosecond laser beam illuminated from the …
The effect of laser-induced heat on Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells was evaluated by scanning spreading resistance microscopy (SSRM) to improve the laser scribing (LS) quality.
Employing this approach for scribing CZTSe thin-film solar cells with an IR ps laser has improved removal quality, selectivity, and crater edge quality without the presence of defects . Kuk et al. applied induced ablation for P2 scribing of CIGS on TCO film using a 532 nm ns pulsed laser to avoid damage in the back contact layer. This research ...
These thin-film solar cells are important because they lend themselves to streamlined, high-volume manufacturing and greatly reduced silicon consumption. This results in dramatically lower fabrication costs per unit …
In this paper, we investigate the laser processing of the CIGS thin-film solar cells in the case of the high-speed regime. Modern ultra-short lasers can offer high average powers …
of solar cells. The production cost is greatly reduced in thin-film based solar cells fabrication, as compared to wafer-based solar cells.[1] The energy conversion efficiency of the solar cell is significantly affected by the machining precision of slot geometry, i.e., the edge and the bottom. For thin-film solar cells, laser scribing has been
We present our results on scribing of CIGS thin-film solar cells with single and multiple parallel laser beams with the picosecond pulse duration. Solar-cell performance tests were performed ...
In this paper, precise scribing of thin-film solar cells (CIGS/Mo/Glass) via a picosecond laser is investigated. A parametric study is carried out for P1 and P2 scribing to …
KEYWORDS: CIGS thin film solar cell, laser scribing, thin film scribing, nanosecond laser, elliptical beam shaping conjunction with tuning down the bandgap of CIGS material in order to preferentially heat up the CIGS/Mo interface,6 such a process protocol may fundamentally limit CIGS material choices.
The photovoltaic (PV) system has the best chance of harnessing solar energy to generate affordable electricity (Rodrigues et al., 2022).Thin-film solar cells are preferred in PV devices owing to their low cost, low material consumption, and a positive trend in efficiency growth (Efaz et al., 2021, Liu et al., 2020) pper indium gallium selenide (Cu(In,Ga)Se 2, known as …
use laser scribing method for fabricating high-quality flexible thin-film solar cells. Despite the fundamental merits that laser scribing can offer, still a number of challenges should be addressed in order to replace the mechanical counterpart for wider range of thin-film solar cells. In this study, we explore optimal laser scribing
Over the last few years, thin-film based CIGS solar cell technology became even more attractive for producers and end-users. Implementation of laser based tools for module scribing still face serious challenges in terms of the laser damage to the CIGS active layer.
This paper aims to review the progress made in the past decades in laser scribing of all kinds of thin film solar cells. In this work, we focus on the studies of non-silicon-based thin film solar cells such as CIGS, CdTe, and perovskite cells, followed by a summary of major accomplishments, remaining challenges, and future research directions.
The high-repetition-rate laser with the pulse duration of 10 ps was applied in selective ablation of multilayer thin-film a-Si solar cells deposited on flexible and rigid substrates. Two types of solar cells with flexible and rigid substrates have been investigated. The first type of solar cells was made of 400 nm a-Si layer coated on both ...
The Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin film solar cell is a promising material architecture considering its high photovoltaic (PV) efficiency at low material cost. Recently, the authors demonstrated all laser based mini-module fabrication on a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) based CIGS architecture, using a cost-effective nanosecond laser beam illuminated from the transparent glass substrate …
Powalla, M. et al. Thin-film solar cells exceeding 22% solar cell efficiency: an overview on CdTe-, Cu ... P. et al. Scribing of thin-film solar cells with picosecond and femtosecond lasers. J.
This paper aims to review the progress made in the past decades in laser scribing of all kinds of thin film solar cells. In this work, we focus on the studies of non-silicon …
Photovoltaic cells offer a clean and sustainable solution by allowing the reduction of fossil energy. In recent decades, several types of solar cells have been proposed to overcome the limitation of stiffness of common silicon-based solar cells. Due to their flexibility, thin-film solar cell technology is now of great interest to the community. Now, most of the thin-film solar cell market ...
In this study, we examine the P4 scribing process for fabricating see‐through cells on a new Cu (In,Ga)Se 2 (CIGS) architecture with indium tin oxide (ITO) bottom contact, using a nanosecond laser beam of 532‐nm wavelength illuminated from glass substrate side. Through parametric studies with the variations of laser beam spot size and pulse ...
Silicon Thin Film Solar Cell Scribing Diode-pumped solid state (DPSS) lasers have proven their worth in the manufacture of a-Si thin film devices. Q-switched lasers are used for the three principle scribe processes – known as the P1, P2, and P3 scribes – which separate the large planar device into an array of seriesinterconnected ...
DOI: 10.1016/J.PHPRO.2011.03.116 Corpus ID: 119509247; Scribing of Thin-film Solar Cells with Picosecond Laser Pulses @article{Geys2011ScribingOT, title={Scribing of Thin-film Solar Cells with Picosecond Laser Pulses}, author={Paulius Ge{vc}ys and Gediminas Ra{vc}iukaitis and Eimantas Miltenis and Alexander Dr. Braun and Steffen Ragnow}, journal={Physics Procedia}, …
The development of thin-film photovoltaics has emerged as a promising solution to the global energy crisis within the field of solar cell technology.
In this study, the laser scribing of CdTe thin-film solar cells with CTO front electrode was carefully studied using picosecond pulsed lasers incident on the film side. The damage and removal …
although at both pulse durations marginal reduction in solar cell efficiency was observed. Keywords: thin-film solar cells, CIGS, laser scribing, picoseconds, femtosecond, 1. Introduction Continued demand for renewable energy sources stimulates development of various solar cell technologies on flexible and rigid substrates. The thinfilm PV -
Abstract: In this paper, the feasibility of thin-film solar cells scribing via a picosecond (ps) laser is investigated. The optical and thermal properties of thin films are studied first. Next, …
The Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGS) thin film solar cell is a promising material architecture considering its high photovoltaic (PV) efficiency at low material cost. Recently, the authors demonstrated all laser based mini-module …
Both simulation and experimental results from glass-side laser scribing show clean film removal with minimum thermal effects indicating minimal changes to material electrical properties. KEYWORDS Modeling, laser scribing, multilayer thin films, SnO2:F, CdTe, solar cell INTRODUCTION Thin-film solar cell is a promising technology to
Researchers have proposed induced ablation as an alternative laser scribing technique to achieve highly selective film removal and steep wall scribes. Employing this approach for scribing CZTSe thin-film solar cells with …
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However, we report on the P3 scribing of CIGS thin-film solar cells with the ns pulse duration at the wavelength of 2.5 µm – a wavelength close to the mid-infrared region and compare the ...
Journal Article: Nanosecond laser scribing for see-through CIGS thin film solar cells Title: Nanosecond laser scribing for see-through CIGS thin film solar cells Journal Article · Thu Dec 05 00:00:00 EST 2019 · Progress in Photovoltaics
In this paper, precise scribing of thin-film solar cells (CIGS/Mo/Glass) via a picosecond laser is investigated. A parametric study is carried out for P1 and P2 scribing to study the effects of ...
All-laser-scribed thin-film solar module interconnection is an industrial standard and applied already for decades in amorphous silicon ... The P2 scribing line connects two neighboring cell stripes by establishing a contact between the rear electrode and the front TCO. A serially interconnected solar cell is depicted in the inset of Figure 2.
Finding ways to scribe indium-tin oxide (ITO) coating plays an important role in the fabrication and assembly of thin film solar cells. Using a femtosecond (fs) laser, we selectively removed the ITO thin films with thickness 120–160 nm on glass substrates particular, we studied the effect of laser pulse duration, laser fluence and laser scanning speed on the …
@article{osti_1593269, title = {Nanosecond laser scribing for see-through CIGS thin film solar cells}, author = {Kuk, Seungkuk and Wang, Zhen and Yu, Hyeonggeun and Nam, Chang‐Yong and Jeong, Jeung‐hyun and Hwang, David}, abstractNote = {Building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV), especially in a semitransparent and/or see-through configuration, has …
Cadmium telluride (CdTe) is the most commercially successful thin-film photovoltaic technology. Development of CdTe as a solar cell material dates back to the early 1980s when ~10% efficient ...
The upscaling of perovskite solar cells is one of the challenges that must be addressed to pave the way toward the commercial development of this technology. As for other thin-film photovoltaic technologies, upscaling requires the fabrication of modules composed of series-connected cells. In this work we demonstrate for the first time the interconnection of …
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Scribing of Thin-Film Solar Cells with Picosecond and Femtosecond Lasers . Paulius Gecys *1, Gediminas Raciukaitis *1, Anja Wehrmann *2, Klaus Zimmer *2, Alexander Braun *3 .
Overall, it is concluded that the top-contact layer lift-off processing is the only reliable solution for high-speed P3 laser scribing, which can be implemented in the future terawatt-scale photovoltaic production facilities. In this paper, we investigate the laser processing of the CIGS thin-film solar cells in the case of the high-speed regime. The modern ultra-short pulsed …
we employed P3 scribing on copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell with different power and overlap conditions. Under high-power and high-overlap conditions, substantial FF loss and 75% increase in dead zone were observed in CIGS solar cells.[39] Thus, it is important to minimize the P3-scribing width as part of the dead zone.
We report experimental studies on laser scribing of thin film solar cells using various types of short pulsed lasers (nanosecond, picosecond, and femtosecond temporal pulse widths), aiming to determine the optimum laser parameters for the scribing of multilayer structures of amorphous silicon (a-Si) and copper indium diselenide (CIS) based solar cells. Detailed …
