Al-Foil on encapsulant for the interconnection of al-metalized silicon solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-82

  Schulte Huxel, Henning ^a   Blankemeyer, Susanne ^a   Bock, Robert ^a,b   Merkle, Agnes ^a   Kajari Schröder, Sarah ^a   Brendel, Rolf ^a,c  

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

^b Bosch Solar Energy   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

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

ALUMINUM FOIL; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICONES; STRESSES; TENSILE TESTING; WELDING; WELDS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84871737750     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2012.2208096     Document Type: Article

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