Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics

Autor: Franziska Ringleb, Stefan Andree, Berit Heidmann, Jörn Bonse, Katharina Eylers, Owen Ernst, Torsten Boeck, Martina Schmid, Jörg Krüger
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 3025-3038 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2190-4286
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.9.281
Popis: Micro-concentrator solar cells offer an attractive way to further enhance the efficiency of planar-cell technologies while saving absorber material. Here, two laser-based bottom-up processes for the fabrication of regular arrays of CuInSe2 and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 microabsorber islands are presented, namely one approach based on nucleation and one based on laser-induced forward transfer. Additionally, a procedure for processing these microabsorbers to functioning micro solar cells connected in parallel is demonstrated. The resulting cells show up to 2.9% efficiency and a significant efficiency enhancement under concentrated illumination.
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