Controlled Thermomechanical Delamination of Thin Films

Matthew Reese; Deborah McGott; Michael Kempe; Teresa Barnes; Colin Wolden

Controlled Thermomechanical Delamination of Thin Films

Matthew Reese (Inventor), Deborah McGott (Inventor), Michael Kempe (Inventor), Teresa Barnes (Inventor), Colin Wolden (Inventor)

Materials Science

Colorado School of Mines

Research output: Patent

Abstract

Disclosed herein are CdTe-based solar cells that are successfully removed from their glass superstrate through a combination of lamination to a backsheet followed by thermal shock.

Original language	American English
Patent number	11,710,799 B2
Filing date	25/07/23
State	Published - 2023

NREL Publication Number

NREL/PT-5K00-87081

Keywords

coefficient of thermal expansion
high power-to-weight ratio
high specific power
polycrystalline thin films

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