RT Journal Article
T1 Silicon solar cell production line and key performance indicators: A case of study at front size serigraphy stage
A1 López-Escalante, María Cruz
A1 Peinado-Pérez, Juan José
A1 Palanco-López, Santiago
A1 Ramos-Barrado, José Ramón
A1 Martín-Jiménez, Francisco de Paula
K1 Silicio
K1 Industria
K1 Células solares-Investigación
AB Photovoltaic industry has devices power improvement as a main target. This implies that technological advances are continuously implemented in production lines and their power improvements have to be monitored with the suitable key performance indicators. In this work, front size serigraphy design has been selected as process improvement and laminated unit power and cell to module ratio has been defined as the main key performance indicator. Real size silicon PV cells with three different front finger morphologies have been produced in industrial production lines by the use of two front size serigraphy designs. The modification of the finger dimensions (wide/height) from (183.0 μm/31.6 μm) to (184.0 μm/37.6 μm) and (140.0 μm/40.8 μm) leads to a redistribution of the majority produced cell power range from [4.10–4.15) W to [4.10–4.15) W and [4.20–4.25) W respectively. Concerning the cell production, it has successfully been monitored by the laminated unit power indicator along a month when shows an increment from 3.95 W to 4.20 W. Concerning module level, cell to module ratio per process cell range is selected as suitable indicator and monitoring during a year. In the specific case of [4.30–4.35) W cell range, cell to module ratio decrease from 7.7 % to 6.5 %
PB Elsevier
YR 2022
FD 2022-07-22
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26517
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/26517
LA eng
NO M.C. López-Escalante, J.J. Peinado-Pérez, S. Palanco, J.R. Ramos-Barrado, F. Martín, Silicon solar cell production line and key performance indicators: A case of study at front size serigraphy stage, Solar Energy, Volume 242, 2022, Pages 267-275, ISSN 0038-092X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2022.07.005.
NO The authors are thankful to Erasmus+ Programme, SafeEngine project, contract no 2020-1-RO01-KA203-080085, Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación through project PID2020-117832RB-100, UMA 18-FEDERJA-041 for their support and to Isofoton and J. Alcaide and J. Rando from 4TENERGY S.COOP:AND, for their collaboration.Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 22 ene 2026