TY - CONF A1 - Schmid, M. A1 - Heidmann, B. A1 - Ringleb, F. A1 - Eylers, K. A1 - Ernst, O. A1 - Andree, Stefan A1 - Bonse, Jörn A1 - Boeck, T. A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - Locally grown Cu(In,Ga)Se2 micro islands for concentrator solar cells N2 - Light concentration opens up the path to enhanced material efficiency of solar cells via increased conversion efficiency and decreased material requirement. For true material saving, a fabrication method allowing local growth of high quality absorber material is essential. We present two scalable fs-laser based approaches for bottom-up growth of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 micro islands utilizing either site-controlled assembly of In(,Ga) droplets on laser-patterned substrates during physical vapor deposition, or laser-induced forward transfer of (Cu,In,Ga) layers for local precursor arrangement. The Cu(In,Ga)Se2 absorbers formed after selenization can deliver working solar devices showing efficiency enhancement under light concentration. T2 - SPIE OPTO, 2018 CY - San Francisco, USA DA - 29.01.2018 KW - Chalcopyrite KW - Cu(In,Ga)Se2 KW - Fs-laser patterning KW - Laser-induced forward transfer KW - Micro solar cell PY - 2018 SN - 978-1-5106-1540-3 SN - 0277-786X SN - 1996-756X VL - 10527 SP - 1052707-1 EP - 1052707-9 PB - SPIE CY - Bellingham, WA, USA AN - OPUS4-44450 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ringleb, F. A1 - Andree, Stefan A1 - Heidmann, B. A1 - Bonse, Jörn A1 - Eylers, K. A1 - Ernst, O. A1 - Boeck, T. A1 - Schmid, M. A1 - Krüger, Jörg T1 - Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics N2 - Micro-concentrator solar cells offer an attractive way to further enhance the efficiency of planar-cell technologies while saving absorber material. Here, two laser-based bottom-up processes for the fabrication of regular arrays of CuInSe2 and Cu(In,Ga)Se2 microabsorber islands are presented, namely one approach based on nucleation and one based on laser-induced forward transfer. Additionally, a procedure for processing these microabsorbers to functioning micro solar cells connected in parallel is demonstrated. The resulting cells show up to 2.9% efficiency and a significant efficiency enhancement under concentrated Illumination. KW - Chalcopyrite KW - Femtosecond laser patterning KW - Laser-induced forward transfer KW - Micro-concentrator solar cell KW - Photovoltaics PY - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-470026 SN - 2190-4286 VL - 9 SP - 3025 EP - 3038 PB - Beilstein-Institut zur Förderung der Chemischen Wissenschaften CY - Frankfurt, M. AN - OPUS4-47002 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heidmann, B. A1 - Ringleb, F. A1 - Eylers, K. A1 - Levcenko, S. A1 - Bonse, Jörn A1 - Andree, Stefan A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Unold, T. A1 - Boeck, T. A1 - Lux-Steiner, M. C. A1 - Schmid, M. T1 - Local growth of CuInSe2 micro solar cells for concentrator application N2 - A procedure to fabricate CuInSe2 (CISe) micro-absorbers and solar cells for concentrator applications is presented. The micro-absorbers are developed from indium precursor islands, which are deposited on a molybdenum coated glass substrate (back contact), followed by deposition of copper on top and subsequent selenization as well as selective etching of copper selenides. In order to compare the properties of the locally grown absorbers to those of conventional large area CISe films, we systematically examine the compositional and morphological homogeneity of the micro absorbers and carry out photoluminescence measurements. Preliminary devices for micro-concentrator solar cell applications are fabricated by optimizing the copper to indium ratio and the size of the indium precursor islands. The resulting micro solar cells provide a characteristic I–V curve under standard illumination conditions (1 sun). KW - Micro solar cells KW - Light concentration KW - CuInSe2 KW - Absorber optimization KW - Chalcopyrite PY - 2017 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468606917300953 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtener.2017.10.010 SN - 2468-6069 VL - 6 IS - December 2017 SP - 238 EP - 247 PB - Elsevier Ltd. AN - OPUS4-42801 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heidmann, B. A1 - Andree, Stefan A1 - Levcenko, S. A1 - Unold, T. A1 - Abou-Ras, D. A1 - Schäfer, N. A1 - Bonse, Jörn A1 - Krüger, Jörg A1 - Schmid, M. T1 - Fabrication of regularly arranged chalcopyrite micro solar cells via femtosecond laser-induced forward transfer for concentrator application N2 - A laser-based bottom-up technique for the fabrication of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGSe) micro solar cells is presented. We use femtosecond laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) to transport a metallic precursor composed of copper, indium, and gallium onto a molybdenum back contact layer on a glass substrate. A CIGSe absorber forms by subsequent selenization. An array of micro absorbers with defined spacing is fabricated to solar cells and characterized under concentrated light illumination. The solar cell array exhibited a conversion efficiency of 1.4‰ at 1 sun as well as a significant efficiency enhancement of 68% rel. under 20-fold concentration. This work demonstrates the possibility of directly grown micrometer-sized solar cells based on chalcogenide absorber layers, enabling effective material usage. KW - Micro solar cells KW - Light concentration KW - LIFT KW - Chalcopyrite KW - Femtosecond laser PY - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.7b00028 SN - 2574-0962 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 27 EP - 31 PB - ACS CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-43999 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -