Featured in A sustainable growth? – 07-2013

How dead zones can be reduced

Thin film PV: So-called dead zones that could not be avoided up to now in the conventional process of thin film production account for considerable efficiency losses in the PV module. Engineers at 3D-Micromac have developed a new technology, the one-stop patterning (OSP) procedure, to solve the problem. Wilhelm Stein, founder and CEO of Stein Engineering & Consulting, explains the technology.

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pv magazine

10 Jul 2013

One of the often cited, big advantages of thin film photovoltaics compared with crystalline silicon technology is the possibility of the integrated series connection which today is the standard for all thin film production. However, apart from many advantages, integrated series connection also has substantial disadvantages because it must be separately executed after each individual …

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