%0 Journal Article
%A Haas, Stefan
%A Krumscheid, Sebastian
%A Bauer, Andreas
%A Lambertz, Andreas
%A Rau, Uwe
%T Novel series connection concept for thin film solar modules
%J Progress in photovoltaics
%V 21
%N 5
%@ 1062-7995
%C Chichester
%I Wiley
%M FZJ-2013-05309
%P 972 - 979
%D 2013
%X The paper introduces a newtype of series connection that considerably increases the active area and thus the efficiency of a thin film module by a superior arrangement of the patterning grooves. The new concept is mainly based on pointwise contacts instead of continuous, stripe-like contacts between adjacent cell stripes combined with amodified arrangement of the isolation grooves. We describe the functionality of the innovative series connection and present a method to calculate the optimal cell stripe geometry for cells based on the new series connection concept. Finally, the applicability of the new concept for a laser-patterned thin film silicon solarmodule is demonstrated. The new series connection leads to a relative efficiency increase of approximately 3% compared with the standard series connection for thin film modules.
%F PUB:(DE-HGF)16
%9 Journal Article
%U <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000322012700016
%R 10.1002/pip.2188
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/139312