| Title | Qualifying Thin Film Silicon Module Components through an In-House Solar Cell Laboratory – Methodology and Examples |
| Author(s) | Magnus Kolter, Iris Didschuns, L.-Y. Yeh, Selvaraj Venkataraj, M. Hirsch, A. Gierens, Wolfgang Andreas Nositschka, Jens Bondkowski |
| Keywords | Transparent Conducting Oxides (TCO), Thin Film Solar Cell, Amorphous Silicon (a-Si) |
| Topic | Thin Film Solar Cells |
| Subtopic | Amorphous and Microcrystalline Silicon Solar Cells |
| Event | 25th EU PVSEC / WCPEC-5 |
| Session | 3AV.2.41 |
| Pages manuscript | 3260 - 3263 |
| ISBN | 3-936338-26-4 |
| DOI | 10.4229/25thEUPVSEC2010-3AV.2.41 |
Saint-Gobain develops and commercializes components for Thin Film Silicon (TFS) Solar Modules. In order to optimize time-to-market, we built a dedicated In-House Solar Cell Laboratory. To understand the influence of components on industrial module performance the laboratory is equipped with industrial cell manufactouring processes. Essential is the error bar to deliver quantified components benchmarking in the final device. Excellent homogeneity and run-to-run stability is reached. We present as an example results in successful development of TCO front electrodes. An improvement of 7% of the final product is achieved, which is above customer target. By industrial in-house testing at Saint-Gobain no development at customer site is needed.
