Corrugation Architecture Enabled Ultra-Flexible Mono-Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells via Plasma Etching and Laser Ablation

Rabab R. Bahabry, Adrian C. Sepulveda, Arwa T. Kutbee, Sohail F. Shaikh, Muhammad Mustafa Hussain

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Abstract

Extreme mechanical flexibility is highly desirable for the new generation of Mono-Crystalline Silicon solar cells while maintaining the high power conversion efficiency. Here, we show a novel corrugation architecture, which transforms rigid interdigitated back contact 5 ×5 inch c-Si solar wafers into an ultra-flexible (140 m bending radius) version while retaining its original efficiency of 17%. We also investigated using both fluorine-based plasma and Ytterbium fiber laser for forming the corrugation architecture.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 IEEE 7th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion (WCPEC) (A Joint Conference of 45th IEEE PVSC, 28th PVSEC & 34th EU PVSEC)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages289-292
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9781538685297
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 8 2018

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