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2013
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Novel series connection concept for thin film solar modules
Novel series connection concept for thin film solar modules
The paper introduces a newtype of series connection that considerably increases the active area and thus the efficiency of a thin film module by a superior arrangement of the patterning grooves. The new concept is mainly based on pointwise contacts instead of continuous, stripe-like contacts between...
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Personal Name(s): | Haas, Stefan (Corresponding author) |
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Krumscheid, Sebastian / Bauer, Andreas / Lambertz, Andreas / Rau, Uwe | |
Contributing Institute: |
Photovoltaik; IEK-5 |
Published in: | Progress in photovoltaics, 21 (2012) 5, S. 972 - 979 |
Imprint: |
Chichester
Wiley
2013
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DOI: |
10.1002/pip.2188 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Thin Film Photovoltaics |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
The paper introduces a newtype of series connection that considerably increases the active area and thus the efficiency of a thin film module by a superior arrangement of the patterning grooves. The new concept is mainly based on pointwise contacts instead of continuous, stripe-like contacts between adjacent cell stripes combined with amodified arrangement of the isolation grooves. We describe the functionality of the innovative series connection and present a method to calculate the optimal cell stripe geometry for cells based on the new series connection concept. Finally, the applicability of the new concept for a laser-patterned thin film silicon solarmodule is demonstrated. The new series connection leads to a relative efficiency increase of approximately 3% compared with the standard series connection for thin film modules. |