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Thin film to the outside world

Contacting thin film modules: Ribbons and junction boxes are necessary features for bringing the generated current from a thin film module to everyday usage. Depending on the thin film module technology used and the junction box strategy, there are different ways for developing these contacts.

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pv magazine

01 Dec 2011

In thin film technology, there are basically two different types of vacuum-based coating applications available; one for making all silicon-based thin film photovoltaics and the other for making CIGS (copper, indium, gallium, sulfur, and selenium or copper, indium, gallium and di-sulfur), CIS (copper, indium, di-sulfur) and CdTe (cadmium and telluride) based thin film photovoltaic modules. …

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