Optimization of laser interconnection processes in thin film a-Si modules working at cell level

Author

García-Ballesteros, J.J. ; Torres, I. ; Morales, M. ; Canteli, D. ; Cárabe, J. ; Gandia, J.J. ; Molpeceres, C.

Author_Institution

Centro Laser UPM, Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Valencia, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

22-26 May 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This work demonstrates the possibility of process optimization for laser monolithic interconnection in thin film amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules working in single cells. Being the laser interconnection process a key step in thin film module fabrication for PV industry, the optimization of this process is usually made at module level being difficult to evaluate separately the effect of the laser processes in each of the different scribe steps involved.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; interconnections; silicon; solar cells; Si; cell level; laser interconnection processes; laser monolithic interconnection; process optimization; thin film a-Si modules; thin film amorphous silicon photovoltaic modules; Fabrication; Integrated circuit interconnections; Lasers; Materials; Optimization; Pulsed laser deposition; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference

Conference_Location

Munich

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0533-5

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943356

Filename

5943356