Analysis of Thin Film Solar Cells

Analysis of Thin-Film CIGS (Copper,Indium, Gallium, Selenium) Solar Cells using Fischerscope ® X-ray equipment for inline-process or offline-testing applications. There is a potential to reduce the costs of manufacturing with only a small amount of photovoltaic material. Forecasted shortage of silicon material is providing an incentive for investment in alternative thin-film CIGS technologies. Fundamental research promises to improve the light-to-power efficiency of CIGS-coatings (in 2007 for 13% in production and and 19% in the lab). The efficiency of a CIGS-coating can be influenced by a variation of the element concentrations of Cu,In,Ga,Se, which may result to a better spectrum absorption of the sunlight. Click on the weblink to see how Fischer's XDV offline testing system and the Conti inline system non destructively analyse thin film cells.

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