High speed structuring of CIS thin-film solar cells with picosecond laser ablation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7203, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Huber, Heinz P ^a   Englmaiera, Marina ^a   Hellwiga, Christian ^a   Heissa, Andreas ^a   Kuznickia, Thomas ^a   Kemnitzera, Matthias ^a   Vogtb, Helmut ^b   Brenningb, Raluca ^b   Palmb, Joerg ^b  

^a MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b AVANCIS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CIS; CuInSe 2; Laser ablation; Picosecond laser ablation; Solar cell; Thin film; Ultrafast laser ablation

Indexed keywords

CIS; COST OF MANUFACTURING; CUINSE 2; MASS PRODUCTION; MECHANICAL STEPS; NONTHERMAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER GENERATION; PICOSECOND LASER ABLATION; PROCESS SPEED; SHAPED BEAM; SOLAR MODULE; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAFAST LASER ABLATION;

CELL MEMBRANES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; FILM THICKNESS; LASER ABLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

LASERS;

EID: 65649092129     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.812332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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