Application of Printing Technologies in Hybrid Photovoltaic Technologies
Pandey, Chandra (2015)
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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In this work application of various printing technologies in different kinds of photovoltaic technologies are studied. Photovoltaic technologies are generally classified intro three generations. A brief literature overview of various photovoltaic technologies belonging to these generations is presented. After explaining the basics of different types of photovoltaic technologies, a list of printing technologies are first introduced and then their application in different photovoltaic technologies is explained.
The printing technologies that were covered in final year work include screen printing, ink-jet printing, laser printing, thermal evaporation, sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, electrochemical deposition, spin coating, photolithography, nanoimprinting, electrophotography, lamination technology, sheet-fed printing, web printing, gravure and 3-dimentional printing.
In the experimental part, three different photovoltaic technologies, i.e. crystalline silicon solar cells, organic solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells which utilize different kinds of printing technologies during their manufacturing, were measured under standard measurement condition, i.e. 1000 W/m2 AM1.5G equivalent light intensity at room temperature. Performance parameters of solar cells i.e. short-circuit-current-density, open circuit voltage and fill factors were obtained and finally the efficiencies of the solar cells, were calculated. The efficiencies for crystalline silicon solar cell, organic solar cell and dye-sensitized solar cell were 14.5%, 5.9% and 4.2% respectively.
All the three generations of solar cells have benefited from the versatile printing technologies. Many of the manufacturing challenges are solved by the development of new printable materials and the easy to up-scale methods of printing.
The printing technologies that were covered in final year work include screen printing, ink-jet printing, laser printing, thermal evaporation, sputtering, chemical vapor deposition, electrochemical deposition, spin coating, photolithography, nanoimprinting, electrophotography, lamination technology, sheet-fed printing, web printing, gravure and 3-dimentional printing.
In the experimental part, three different photovoltaic technologies, i.e. crystalline silicon solar cells, organic solar cells and dye-sensitized solar cells which utilize different kinds of printing technologies during their manufacturing, were measured under standard measurement condition, i.e. 1000 W/m2 AM1.5G equivalent light intensity at room temperature. Performance parameters of solar cells i.e. short-circuit-current-density, open circuit voltage and fill factors were obtained and finally the efficiencies of the solar cells, were calculated. The efficiencies for crystalline silicon solar cell, organic solar cell and dye-sensitized solar cell were 14.5%, 5.9% and 4.2% respectively.
All the three generations of solar cells have benefited from the versatile printing technologies. Many of the manufacturing challenges are solved by the development of new printable materials and the easy to up-scale methods of printing.