SBIR Phase I: Photovoltaic Laser Annealing System

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目计划通过使用与现有中试制造系统兼容的非原位激光退火方法，实现最近报道的CIGS太阳能电池原位激光沉积效率的提高。建议的异地加热方法将不需要在柔性聚酰亚胺基板上加热用于制造CIGS太阳能电池的425C以上的基板。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。一种真正具有成本效益的技术是使用热预算低到足以使用廉价聚合物基板的方法来制造电池，这使得大面积卷到卷加工和自动化电池到电池连接技术成为可能。AMBP科技公司将开发并展示一种提高太阳能电池性能的工具，该工具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.