Aluminum-based mechanical and electrical laser interconnection process for module integration of silicon solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-21

  Schulte Huxel, Henning ^a   Bock, Robert ^a   Blankemeyer, Susanne ^a   Merkle, Agnes ^a   Brendel, Rolf ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY RESEARCH HAMELIN ISFH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Al metallization; back contact solar cells; laser microwelding; lead free; module level interconnection; photovoltaic module

Indexed keywords

AL-METALLIZATION; LASER MICRO WELDING; LEAD-FREE; MODULE-LEVEL INTERCONNECTION; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES;

ALUMINUM; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; LASER PULSES; METALLIZING;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865192278     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2011.2177072     Document Type: Article

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