SBIR Phase I: Photovoltaic Laser Annealing System

小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目提出，通过使用与现有试点制造系统兼容的非原位激光退火方法，实现最近报道的原位激光沉积CIGS太阳能电池效率的提高。所提出的非原位方法将不需要将衬底加热到用于在柔性聚酰亚胺衬底上制造CIGS太阳能电池的425 C值以上。太阳能电池技术是一种替代能源，可以减少美国对化石燃料发电的依赖。真正具有成本效益的技术是使用热预算足够低的方法来构建电池，从而能够使用廉价的聚合物基板，这使得能够进行大面积卷对卷处理和自动化电池对电池连接技术。AMBP技术公司将开发和展示一种工具，以提高太阳能电池的性能，是立即适用于太阳能电池制造市场。

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to achieve recently reported gains in CIGS solar cell efficiency from in-situ laser deposition, by using an ex-situ laser annealing approach that is compatible with an existing pilot manufacturing system. The proposed ex-situ approach will not need to heat the substrate above the 425C value used to manufacture CIGS solar cells on flexible polyimide substrates. Solar cell technology is an energy alternative that can reduce America's dependence on fossil-fuel-generated electric power. A truly cost effective technology is to build cells using methods whose thermal budgets are low enough to enable the use of inexpensive polymer substrates, which enables large-area roll-to-roll processing and automated cell-to-cell connection techniques. AMBP Tech Corporation will develop and demonstrate a tool to improve solar cell performance that is immediately applicable in the solar-cell manufacturing marketplace.