Effect of front-contact laser texturing in thin-film solar cells

David Canteli; Ignacio Torres; Susana Fernandez; Jose Domingo Santos; Miguel Morales; Carlos Molpeceres

doi:10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8871473

Effect of front-contact laser texturing in thin-film solar cells

David Canteli
, Ignacio Torres
, Susana Fernandez
, Jose Domingo Santos
, Miguel Morales
, Carlos Molpeceres

Technical University of Madrid
CIEMAT

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Abstract

ZnO:Al films of about 400 nm thick were deposited on glass substrates by a magnetron sputtering system. We used a diode-pumped solid-state laser (Nd:YVO4) working at 355 nm to texture the AZO films. The texture patterns used were: a simple pattern obtained by scribing parallel grooves with a constant spacing, and a crisscross pattern obtained with a second array of parallel laser scribes perpendicular to the first one. Varying the process parameters we obtained different morphologies, with scribes ranging from widely spaced to overlapping grooves, and from almost undamaged surfaces to scribes that reached the glass substrate. The light scattering produced by the textured ZnO:Al films was evaluated through the haze factor.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728104690
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8871473
Publication status	Published - Jun 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019 - Munich, Germany Duration: 23 Jun 2019 → 27 Jun 2019

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Name	2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019

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Conference	2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	23/06/19 → 27/06/19

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Canteli, D., Torres, I., Fernandez, S., Santos, J. D., Morales, M., & Molpeceres, C. (2019). Effect of front-contact laser texturing in thin-film solar cells. In 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019 Article 8871473 (2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8871473

Canteli, David ; Torres, Ignacio ; Fernandez, Susana et al. / Effect of front-contact laser texturing in thin-film solar cells. 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. (2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019).

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Canteli, D, Torres, I, Fernandez, S, Santos, JD, Morales, M & Molpeceres, C 2019, Effect of front-contact laser texturing in thin-film solar cells. in 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019., 8871473, 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019, Munich, Germany, 23/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8871473

Effect of front-contact laser texturing in thin-film solar cells. / Canteli, David; Torres, Ignacio; Fernandez, Susana et al.
2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 8871473 (2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019).

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Canteli D, Torres I, Fernandez S, Santos JD, Morales M, Molpeceres C. Effect of front-contact laser texturing in thin-film solar cells. In 2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. 8871473. (2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2019). doi: 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2019.8871473

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