Monolithic interconnection of CIGSSe solar cells by picosecond laser structuring

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7585, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Heise, Gerhard ^a   Hellwig, Christian ^a   Kuznicki, Thomas ^a   Sarrach, Sebastian ^a   Menhard, Christian ^a   Heiss, Andreas ^b   Vogt, Helmut ^b   Palm, Joerg ^b   Huber, Heinz P ^a  

^a MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b AVANCIS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CIGS; CIS; Elliptical beam; Flat top beam; Laser ablation; Laser scribing; Laser structuring; Picosecond laser; Solar cell; Thin film; Ultrafast laser

Indexed keywords

CIS; ELLIPTICAL BEAMS; FLAT TOP BEAM; LASER SCRIBING; LASER STRUCTURING; PICOSECOND LASER; ULTRAFAST LASER;

GALLIUM; LASER ABLATION; MOLYBDENUM; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SPEED; THERMAL EVAPORATION; THERMAL NOISE; THIN FILMS; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA; ZINC OXIDE;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77951798485     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.851907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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