Simultaneous Contacting and Interconnection of Passivated Emitter and Rear Solar Cells

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Autoren

  • Henning Schulte-Huxel
  • Jan Hendrik Petermann
  • Susanne Blankemeyer
  • Verena Steckenreiter
  • Sarah Kajari-Schroeder
  • Rolf Brendel

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Externe Organisationen

  • Institut für Solarenergieforschung GmbH (ISFH)
  • iNOEX GmbH
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)515-522
Seitenumfang8
FachzeitschriftEnergy Procedia
Jahrgang92
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Aug. 2016
Veranstaltung6th International Conference on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaics, SiliconPV 2016 - Chambery, Frankreich
Dauer: 7 März 20169 März 2016

Abstract

The back end process of passivated emitter and rear cells (PERC) consists of at least one laser process and three screen-printing steps followed by the stringing and tabbing of the cells. To reduce the number of steps we have developed a process that metallizes the rear side including contact formation and simultaneously interconnects the cells. We attach an Al foil to an encapsulant layer. By laser processing we form 'laser-fired and bonding contacts' (LFBC) on the passivated rear side of the solar cells. The Al foil contacting the rear is laser welded to the Ag screen-printed front side metallization of the next cell and thus forms the cell interconnection. The laser contacts on the rear show a surface recombination velocity Scont for the contact regions of cm/s and a contact resistivity of 3.52 mΩcm2. We present a first proof-of concept module combining the in-laminate Ag-Al laser welding and the LFBC reaching an efficiency of 18.4%. In accelerated aging test modules show no degradation (< 1% in efficiency) after 100 humidity-free cycles.

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Simultaneous Contacting and Interconnection of Passivated Emitter and Rear Solar Cells. / Schulte-Huxel, Henning; Petermann, Jan Hendrik; Blankemeyer, Susanne et al.
in: Energy Procedia, Jahrgang 92, 08.2016, S. 515-522.

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftKonferenzaufsatz in FachzeitschriftForschungPeer-Review

Schulte-Huxel, H, Petermann, JH, Blankemeyer, S, Steckenreiter, V, Kajari-Schroeder, S & Brendel, R 2016, 'Simultaneous Contacting and Interconnection of Passivated Emitter and Rear Solar Cells', Energy Procedia, Jg. 92, S. 515-522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.135
Schulte-Huxel, H., Petermann, J. H., Blankemeyer, S., Steckenreiter, V., Kajari-Schroeder, S., & Brendel, R. (2016). Simultaneous Contacting and Interconnection of Passivated Emitter and Rear Solar Cells. Energy Procedia, 92, 515-522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.135
Schulte-Huxel H, Petermann JH, Blankemeyer S, Steckenreiter V, Kajari-Schroeder S, Brendel R. Simultaneous Contacting and Interconnection of Passivated Emitter and Rear Solar Cells. Energy Procedia. 2016 Aug;92:515-522. doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2016.07.135
Schulte-Huxel, Henning ; Petermann, Jan Hendrik ; Blankemeyer, Susanne et al. / Simultaneous Contacting and Interconnection of Passivated Emitter and Rear Solar Cells. in: Energy Procedia. 2016 ; Jahrgang 92. S. 515-522.
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