Detailed Syllabus
C-330 Introduction to Thin Film Photovoltaic Technologies (half day)
This course focuses on PV thin film technologies like Cu(In,Ga)(Se,S)2, CdTe an the amorphous and microcrystalline silicon solar cells which are nowadays mainly introduced. Starting point is a market overview followed by the basic designs of these solar cell types and their efficiency potentials. Especially the different manufacturing technologies are introduced focusing the different production and process steps of each solar cell type.
Topical Outline:- Market situation
- Cell design of thin film solar cells
- Research activities
- Production and process technologies for thin film solar cells
Course Details:
Market overview of thin film PV
Research activities
- Sputtering
- CVD
- LPCV
- Evaporation
- PECVD, CVD
- Electro deposition
- Sputtering (RTP)
- Puffer:
- CBD
- CSS
- Evaporation
- ALD
- Back contact:
- Sputtering
- LPCVD
Instructor: Volker Sittinger, Senior Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute – Germany
is a senior scientist at Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST) in the Large Area Coating department. He works on magnetron sputtering for photovoltaic applications. Formerly he was a scientific assistant at the Institute of Solar Energy Research GmbH (ISFH). Volker Sittinger received his doctoral degree in optical and electrical characterisation of electrodeposited CuInSe2 solar cells from the University of Oldenburg in 2003 and studied physics at the University of Karlsruhe.
This course is currently available via:
On Location Education Program
