Impact of via hole integration on multijunction solar cells for through cell via contacts and associated passivation treatment

M de Lafontaine, M Darnon, C Colin… - IEEE Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The impact of via etching on triple junction solar cell performance has been investigated for
through cell via contact architectures. Triple junction solar cells with standard top and back …

Plasma etching applications in concentrated photovoltaic cell fabrication

M de Lafontaine, M Darnon, A Jaouad… - AIP Conference …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Photovoltaic cells are conventionally electrically isolated (isolation) and then separated from
the wafer (singulation) by saw dicing at the end of the fabrication process. However, saw …

Via sidewall insulation for through cell via contacts

M De Lafontaine, A Jaouad, M Darnon… - AIP Conference …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Over the past few years, through cell via contacts (TCVC) architecture has been the object of
a growing interest to replace standard front side and backside contact on concentrated …

Two-step hole etching process

W Koestler - US Patent 11,063,170, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A two-step hole etching method including: providing a semiconductor wafer
which has a plurality of solar cell stacks and performing a first and a second processing step …