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New Products
New products
BTu international introduces new 4JeT introduces inline system for
metallization furnace the thin film pV backend
BTU International’s TRITAN™ metal- 4JET Sales+Service GmbH adds a new
lization furnace features a triple-belt/ machine to its portfolio for the thin film
dual speed conveyor, dual lane capability, photovoltaic industry. The new INLINE
wavelength optimization technology and systems can be used for laser edge deletion,
full chamber access. It is designed for maxi- P4 isoscribes and selective perforation of
mum thermal performance, uptime and semitransparent solar panels for building
throughput at reduced cost of ownership. integration. Several of the new systems
With optimized wavelengths, wafers can be are currently being delivered to customers
heated at a very steep temperature gradient. in Germany and the US. The INLINE
However, the higher belt speed, driven by systems can be equipped with several laser
advanced solar photonics launches
spike heating, does not result in a longer technologies and allow full area processing
new pV glass cutting technology
furnace; the proprietary multi-drive system of the entire surface of a solar panel. Ap-
Advanced Solar Photonics’ Zero Width
allows the drying and cooling sections to plications include edge deletion, selective
Laser Cutting Technology® (ZWLCT®) is
run at a reduced speed, keeping the same perforation, P4 isolation scribes as well as
a non-contact method that splits glass and
footprint and reducing operating costs. marking or drilling of glass.
www.4jet.de
other non-metallic brittle materials on the
www.btu.com
molecular level with tremendous speed, no
Bekaert introduces one-piece rotat-
material loss, and no chips or other debris
able aZo targets associated with conventional scribe and
Bekaert introduced its rotatable spluttering break technology. Zero Width Laser Cut-
technology at Photon’s 4th Photovoltaic ting Technology® produces the maximum
Technology Show 2009. The rotatable sput- microcrack depth in the subsurface layer of
ter targets are one-piece targets, allowing a the glass and not thermal-fracturing of the
more stable process. Bekaert has added to glass. After performing this application, the
its TCO portfolio a new target material— human eye is unable to see any change in
AZO, zinc oxide doped with aluminum the properties of the glass; however, when
r&D-scale coating system for solar
oxide (1-2 wt%). Other target materials applying a small amount of pressure, the
cell manufacturing
available from Bekaert for the PV market glass will split along the scribe line. Fol-
Sono-Tek Corporation’s ExactaCoat SC
include ITO (e.g. In2O3:Sn), Al, Mo, High lowing the split, the glass has no particular
system is a 3-axis coating solution for
Purity Si, ZnAl, ZnSn and custom-made damage and the highest edge quality which
applying coatings onto either thin film or
alloys.
www.bekaert.com one can safely run their finger over requir-
traditional silicon solar cells. Designed for
ing no further processing making grind-
R&D and low-volume manufacturing of
ing and cleaning lines unnecessary. www.
photovoltaic (PV) cells, the ExactaCoat
advancedsolarphotonics.com
SC provides uniform thin film coatings
of typical nano-suspensions and solutions new lasers increase solar cell
such as amorphous silicon, PEDOT, ITO, manufacturing throughput
AR coatings, CIS as well as several other Three new lasers from Coherent Inc.
active layers used in thin film manufactur- offer higher output power and increased
ing. Also proven successful with ultrasonic throughput levels for solar cell manufactur-
spray technology is the use of phosphoric ing applications, including edge isolation,
dopants for manufacturing N-type silicon
XrF glass panel sampling tool for
laser grooved buried contacts, and dielec-
wafers.
www.Sono-Tek.com
cigs and cdTe pV
tric ablation. Specifically, new AVIA™
Solar Metrology expanded its SMX XRF
lasers now deliver output power levels of
tool portfolio for film composition and
28W at the short ultraviolet wavelength of
thickness measurement of CIGS and CdTe
355 nm, and 45W in the green at 532 nm.
photovoltaic depositions with the addition
Each of these lasers represents the highest
of the FP—full panel view—SMX model,
power level within their class. In addition,
designed for near-line film composition
a new Paladin™ laser now delivers ultra
and thickness control of CIGS and CdTe
fast 80 MHz trains of picosecond pulses
film stacks. The tool has a full 600 by 1200
with power levels up to 16W at 355 nm.
mm lateral xy range of measurement and
Again, this represents the highest power
is designed for measurement of rigid glass
currently available in a laser of this type.
substrates and provides process control
www.Coherent.com/Solar
of active, contact and TCO layers. www.
solarmetrology.com
26 – Global Solar Technology – March/April 2009
www.globalsolartechnology.com
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