Silicon PV module customization using laser technology for new BIPV applications

Juan José García-Ballesteros; Sara Lauzurica; Miguel Morales; Teodosio del Caño; Daniel Valencia; Leonardo Casado; José Lorenzo Balenzategui; Carlos Molpeceres

doi:10.1117/12.2064084

8 October 2014 Silicon PV module customization using laser technology for new BIPV applications

Juan José García-Ballesteros, Sara Lauzurica, Miguel Morales, Teodosio del Caño, Daniel Valencia, Leonardo Casado, José Lorenzo Balenzategui, Carlos Molpeceres

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Proceedings Volume 9180, Laser Processing and Fabrication for Solar, Displays, and Optoelectronic Devices III; 91800H (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064084
Event: SPIE Solar Energy + Technology, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

It is well known that lasers have helped to increase efficiency and to reduce production costs in the photovoltaic (PV) sector in the last two decades, appearing in most cases as the ideal tool to solve some of the critical bottlenecks of production both in thin film (TF) and crystalline silicon (c-Si) technologies. The accumulated experience in these fields has brought as a consequence the possibility of using laser technology to produce new Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) products with a high degree of customization. However, to produce efficiently these personalized products it is necessary the development of optimized laser processes able to transform standard products in customized items oriented to the BIPV market. In particular, the production of semitransparencies and/or freeform geometries in TF a-Si modules and standard c-Si modules is an application of great interest in this market. In this work we present results of customization of both TF a-Si modules and standard monocrystalline (m-Si) and policrystalline silicon (pc-Si) modules using laser ablation and laser cutting processes. A discussion about the laser processes parameterization to guarantee the functionality of the device is included. Finally some examples of final devices are presented with a full discussion of the process approach used in their fabrication.

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Juan José García-Ballesteros, Sara Lauzurica, Miguel Morales, Teodosio del Caño, Daniel Valencia, Leonardo Casado, José Lorenzo Balenzategui, and Carlos Molpeceres "Silicon PV module customization using laser technology for new BIPV applications", Proc. SPIE 9180, Laser Processing and Fabrication for Solar, Displays, and Optoelectronic Devices III, 91800H (8 October 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2064084

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