Fabrication of Thin III-V Solar Cells on Ni Films using Electroless Ni Deposition

William McMahon, John Simon, Michelle Young, Emily Warren, Jeronimo Buencuerpo Farina, Kevin Schulte, John Geisz, Corinne Packard

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Abstract

Thin solar cells are inherently fragile, and must be properly supported during fabrication, handling and use. Metal films can provide this support, but accomplishing this can be challenging. Here we describe a method for fabricating thin III-V solar cells on Ni films, using electroless deposition to deposit a thick (10-50 μm) Ni film onto the bottom of an inverted III-V solar cell prior to substrate removal. Cells have been fabricated on both rigid and flexible supports with no loss of performance when compared to cells processed using standard inverted-cell processing.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages3224-3226
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2019
Event46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019 - Chicago, United States
Duration: 16 Jun 201921 Jun 2019

Conference

Conference46th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period16/06/1921/06/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/CP-5900-73120

Keywords

  • fabrication
  • III-V
  • solar cells

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