Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of manufacturing a thin film photovoltaic product
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Application No.: US17624415Application Date: 2020-07-09
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Publication No.: US11869993B2Publication Date: 2024-01-09
- Inventor: Veronique Stephanie Gevaerts , Johan Bosman
- Applicant: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Applicant Address: NL 's-Gravenhage
- Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Current Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
- Current Assignee Address: NL 's-Gravenhage
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
- Priority: EP 185484 2019.07.10
- International Application: PCT/NL2020/050450 2020.07.09
- International Announcement: WO2021/006736A 2021.01.14
- Date entered country: 2022-01-03
- Main IPC: H01L31/0463
- IPC: H01L31/0463 ; H01L31/18 ; H01L31/032

Abstract:
A method of forming a photovoltaic product with a plurality of photovoltaic cells is disclosed. The method comprises depositing a stack with first and second electrode layers (12, 16) and a photovoltaic layer (14) arranged in between. The method comprises partitioning the stack. The partitioning includes forming a trench (20) extending through the second electrode layer and the photovoltaic layer to expose the first electrode layer. The stack is first irradiated with a laser beam with a first spotsize and with a first wavelength for which the photovoltaic layer has a relatively high absorption coefficient as compared to that of the second electrode layer. The stack is then irradiated with a second laser beam with a second spotsize, greater than the first spotsize, and with a second wavelength for which the photovoltaic layer has a relatively low absorption coefficient as compared to that of the second electrode layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220359774A1 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC PRODUCT Public/Granted day:2022-11-10
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