Report on the reliability and lifetime of semi fabricates. D2.7
report
This document contains the main deliverable for Task 2.6 (Reliability testing of semi-fabricates) within the
MC2.0 project, which is a report on the reliability and lifetime of photovoltaic (PV) semi-fabricates (SFs). The
term SF in this context is used to underline the semi-finished nature of these PV devices, which are meant to be supplied to manufacturers of integrated PV (IPV) for final integration into their respective products. The production of the SF would then be done by a third-party on an automated roll-to-roll (R2R) production line, referred to in the project as Mass Customization (MC) line. The MC-line has been designed to allow automated production of SFs with various designs, sizes and bill of materials (BoMs) for different applications, thus potentially offering a low-cost solution for customized IPV applications. Within the MC2.0 project, work is being done on both the development of the production process for the pilot MC-line and the most suitable design (BoM, architecture) for SFs for diverse applications. For both topics, continuous reliability testing of produced SFs is crucial, as the R2R lamination used on the MC-line poses new challenges compared to conventional sheet to sheet vacuum lamination (S2S). The results from reliability testing were in turn important input for further improvement of the process and BoM.
MC2.0 project, which is a report on the reliability and lifetime of photovoltaic (PV) semi-fabricates (SFs). The
term SF in this context is used to underline the semi-finished nature of these PV devices, which are meant to be supplied to manufacturers of integrated PV (IPV) for final integration into their respective products. The production of the SF would then be done by a third-party on an automated roll-to-roll (R2R) production line, referred to in the project as Mass Customization (MC) line. The MC-line has been designed to allow automated production of SFs with various designs, sizes and bill of materials (BoMs) for different applications, thus potentially offering a low-cost solution for customized IPV applications. Within the MC2.0 project, work is being done on both the development of the production process for the pilot MC-line and the most suitable design (BoM, architecture) for SFs for diverse applications. For both topics, continuous reliability testing of produced SFs is crucial, as the R2R lamination used on the MC-line poses new challenges compared to conventional sheet to sheet vacuum lamination (S2S). The results from reliability testing were in turn important input for further improvement of the process and BoM.
Topics
TNO Identifier
1023311
Publisher
TNO
Collation
54 p.