Laser scribing of fluorine doped tin oxide for serial interconnection of CdS/CdTe solar cells



Document title: Laser scribing of fluorine doped tin oxide for serial interconnection of CdS/CdTe solar cells
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000383949
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Física y Matemáticas, México, Distrito Federal. México
2Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, México, Distrito Federal. México
3Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Centro de Investigaciones en Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Cuernavaca, Morelos. México
Year:
Season: May-Jun
Volumen: 61
Number: 3
Pages: 160-165
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, teórico
English abstract In thin film PV-module production the scribing of transparent conducting oxides, like fluorine doped tin oxides thin films, is performed with serial interconnection of solar cells without the use of external wires. This scribing is usually carried out with infrared and ultraviolet lasers, while for the other films that complete the solar cell structure, the scribing is performed with visible laser light. Thus, the use of only one laser in all scribing steps in the monolithic interconnection process could reduce the manufacture cost of PV-CdTe modules. In this work the laser scribing process on fluorine doped tin oxides is investigated using a Nd:YAG pulsed laser of 532 nm of wavelength with pulse duration of 50 nanoseconds. The corresponding threshold fluence was measured and the mechanism of interaction of laser radiation with the semiconductor oxide was studied, as well as the temperature distribution along the film and the time when it reached its maximum value after applying the pulse of radiation on the SnO2 :F layer
Disciplines: Física y astronomía
Keyword: Física,
Laser,
Flúor,
Umbral,
Simulación,
Perfiles de temperatura,
Celdas solares
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Physics,
Laser,
Fluorine,
Threshold,
Simulation,
Temperature profiles,
Solar cells
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