Abstract:
The invention relates to a solar cell arrangement consisting of series-connected solar subcells. Said solar subcells consist of a semiconductor wafer which forms a common base material for all of the solar subcells and wherein a number of recesses are provided for delimiting the individual, series-connected solar subcells. The invention is characterised in that at least some of the recesses extend from the top surface of the semiconductor wafer, through the wafer itself to the bottom surface and in that at most some bridge segments are left in continuation of the recesses as far as the wafer edge, to mechanically interconnect the solar subcells.
Abstract:
Oxidation and cleaning process for silicon wafers, in which the silicon wafers are provided with a silicon oxide layer on at least part of their surface (12; 24), before they are etched in an alkaline etching solution (14;, 26) and they are etched in a solution (16) which contains an acid which oxidises metallic impurities, whereby at least a portion of the silicon oxide layer is exposed unprotected to the etching solution and the acid, and in which the silicon wafers are rinsed in deionised water after the etching processes (18), whereby the at least one unprotected portion of the silicon oxide layer is at least partly left on the silicon wafers and the silicon wafers are dried (20) after rinsing (18; 32).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for doping a semiconductor substrate (50), wherein the semiconductor substrate (50) is heated by irradiation (14) with laser radiation (60) and at the same time dopant from a dopant source (54) is diffused (16) into the semiconductor substrate (50) in heated regions (52), and wherein when the semiconductor substrate (50) is heated by the irradiation (14) with laser radiation (60), a surface portion of the semiconductor substrate (50) that is less than 10% of the total surface of all irradiated regions (62) is melted (18) and recrystallized (20). The invention further relates to a solar cell.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing a solar cell (70), wherein a layer stack (74, 76) of dielectric layers (74, 76) is applied (14, 16; 54, 56) to a back of a solar cell substrate (72) and the layer stack (74, 75) is heated and is held (20) at temperatures of at least 700°C during a time period of at least 5 minutes. The invention further relates to a solar cell (70).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for creating a two-stage doping in a semiconductor substrate (80), wherein in a doping area (89) to be provided with the two-stage doping (90, 92), dopant is diffused into the semiconductor substrate (80) by means of heavy diffusion (10) and in this way a high surface concentration of dopant is created, and after the heavy diffusion (10) the semiconductor substrate (80) is locally heated (12) in areas (91) of the two-stage doping (90, 92) to be doped more heavily and an oxide layer (88) is created (16) on the doping area (89).
Abstract:
Method for manufacturing a solar cell with a two-stage doping (88, 89) including the following method steps of forming (14, 48) an oxide layer (82), which can be penetrated by a first dopant, on at least one part of the surface of a solar cell substrate (80), of forming (16; 50) an opening in the oxide layer (82) in at least one high-doping region (88) by removing (16; 50) the oxide layer (82) in this high-doping region (88), of diffusing (28) the first dopant into the at least one high- doping region (88) of the solar cell substrate (80) through the opening and of diffusing (28) the first dopant into the solar cell substrate (80) through the oxide layer (82), wherein the diffusing-in (28) through the openings and through the oxide layer (82) takes place at the same time in a common diffusion step and the solar cell substrate (80) is diffused (28) in the common diffusion step (28) in an at least partially hydrophilic state.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for locally removing a surface layer (36) which is applied to a texture (30) of a textured substrate, wherein the texture (30) has a multiplicity of structure elements (32) with structure tips (34) and/or structure edges, having the steps of locally irradiating the texture (30) through the surface layer (36) by means of laser radiation which at least partially penetrates through the surface layer (36) and which is at least partially absorbed by the texture (30), the intensity of which laser radiation is set such that the texture (30) is locally melted by means of the laser radiation and subsequently recrystallized (16), wherein the surface layer (36) is locally opened in the region of the structure tips (34) and/or of the structure edges such that the openings around the structure tips (34) and/or the structure edges after the local irradiation of the texture (30) are completely surrounded by continuous, non-open regions of the surface layer (36), and removing (18) the recrystallized regions (38) of the texture (30) in an etching step by means of an etching medium, wherein the surface layer (36) outside the recrystallized regions (38) is used as an etching mask against the etching medium, and to a solar cell (70).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system and method for predictive monitoring and for protection of electrical and/or electrical-engineering devices (1), in particular of a low-voltage switchgear assembly and/or its fittings, wherein at least one data processing device having an evaluation unit (2) is provided, which, in conjunction with at least one interface (4), detects information (6) of at least one measurement module (7), which is associated in the respective device and has a gas sensor (8), and carries out predictive processing objectively, with respect to early fault identification, in particular early arc identification and/or early fire identification.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for operating a vibratory measuring instrument, according to which a fluid medium can flow through at least one measuring tube (1) that can be mechanically vibrated by means of a vibration generating unit (4). The vibratory behaviour varying according to the flow and/or the viscosity and/or the density of the fluid medium is detected by means of at least one vibration sensor (5a, 5b) for determining the mass flow rate and/or the viscosity and/or the density in a narrow-band frequency range, the signals then being evaluated by an electronic unit (6). The invention is characterised in that the vibratory behaviour of the measuring tube (1) is also evaluated by the electronic unit (6) in a wide-band frequency region, in order to determine physical operating parameters for increasing the measuring precision and/or to correct transversal sensitivities and/or to obtain additional information about the state of the measuring instrument.