Femtosecond laser-assisted fabrication of chalcopyrite micro-concentrator photovoltaics

• Franziska Ringleb,
• Stefan Andree,
• Berit Heidmann,
• Jörn Bonse,
• Katharina Eylers,
• Owen Ernst,
• Torsten Boeck,
• Martina Schmid and
• Jörg Krüger

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2018, 9, 3025–3038, doi:10.3762/bjnano.9.281

• patterning; laser-induced forward transfer; micro-concentrator solar cell; photovoltaics; Review Introduction In the field of renewable energies, the largest growth by far on a global scale in 2015/2016 took place in photovoltaics. However, the share of renewables in total energy consumption has recently

• approach). The second method presented is based on laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT). In this method, laser radiation is used to transfer parts of a donor film (copper, indium, gallium) from a transparent carrier medium (glass) to an acceptor substrate (molybdenum on glass) in a spatially controlled

• production of precursor structures for CIGSe microabsorbers is the so-called laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT). In this method, a single laser pulse is used to transfer a part of a donor film located on a transparent substrate onto an acceptor substrate in a spatially structured manner. Prior to the

Oxidative chemical vapor deposition of polyaniline thin films

• Yuriy Y. Smolin,
• Masoud Soroush and
• Kenneth K. S. Lau

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 1266–1276, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.128

• polymer films. However, the high energies in PECVD of polymers often result in the loss of functionality and degradation of a stoichiometric linear homopolymer [17]. Laser-based techniques, such as pulsed laser deposition (PLD), matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE), and laser-induced forward

• transfer (LIFT), have also been used to deposit polymer thin films [22]. However, these laser based methods also often lead to polymer degradation or a reduction in molecular weight [23][24][25]. Resonant infrared laser vapor deposition (RIR-LVP) has been used to deposit PEDOT but conductivity and