International projects
Advanced dry processes for low cost, thin multicrystalline silicon solar cell technology- (ADVOCATE)
Researchers (1)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
02813 |
PhD Tadej Bajd |
Systems and cybernetics |
Head |
2001 - 2004 |
830 |
Organisations (1)
| no. |
Code |
Research organisation |
City |
Registration number |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
0510 |
University of Ljubljana |
Ljubljana |
5085063 |
250 |
Abstract
This project focuses on significant cost reduction of crystalline silicon solar cells by developing fully dry, environmentally friendly multi-Si cell fabrication processes.The proposed novel, unconventional cell fabrication technology is capable to:(1) process large area, thin (down to 100 microns) and fragile silicon wafers with a high throughput and a low breakage rate on automated production lines with reduced or without manual water handling operations,(2)use of all types of low cost crystalline silicon substrates: standard multi-Si,EMC multi-Si, all types of silicon ribbons,(3) remove all wet chemical and water rinsing processing steps,(4) reduce the health risk in the production,(5)reach cell efficiency > 16% on ultra thin wafers.The project is aiming at the mid-term cost reduction of the multicrystalline solar cells down to 1 Eur/Wp. Cell process will be executed by two processing techniques: screen printing and plasma.
