Process Technology and Device Fabrication

In our cleanroom laboratory, we process epitaxial wafers into functional components. A modern infrastructure is available for this purpose in our Center for High Efficiency Solar Cells. The wafer processing is designed for 8×4-inch or 8×6-inch batches.

 

The Processes Available and Used in our Laboratories Include:

  • Photolithography for microstructuring
  • Nano-imprint lithography
  • Deposition of metallic and dielectric layers
  • Wet and dry chemical processes
  • Wafer bonding (including GaAs, InP, GaSb, Si, Ge)
  • Chemical mechanical polishing
  • Surface cleaning

R&D Infrastructure

This infrastructure is available to us at Fraunhofer ISE for our research and development activities:

 

Center for High Efficiency Solar Cells

We test and optimize advanced PV technologies in more than 1000 m² of state-of-the-art clean room and laboratory space. Innovative processes and technologies are researched in this center for future use in industry, including wet-chemical processes, photo and laser lithography, nanoimprint laboratory, vapor deposition of metals and dielectrics.

 

CalLab PV Cells

The accredited calibration laboratory CalLab PV Cells at Fraunhofer ISE offers high-precision, reproducible calibrations and measurements of all types of solar cells according to international standards, for example, spectral responsivity/quantum efficiency, reflectance, current-voltage measurements, especially under variable spectra and intensities, various broadband and laser light sources as well as filters are available.

 

Concentrator Technology Evaluation Center Con-TEC

Con-TEC has a wide range of assembly and connection technologies available for the development and assembly of customized modules and packages. We test components and production processes with a focus on reliability and material analysis. We develop prototypes and produce small series to evaluate new components, designs and processes.

 

Lab Structuring and Photonics

We develop solutions based on micro- and nanostructures for solar cells and other photovoltaic components such as photovoltaic cells for transmitting power using laser light, but also for related components such as LEDs.

Selected Reserach-Projects

 

50 Prozent

Monolithic III-V Multi-Junction Solar Cells with More than 50 % Efficiency under Concentrated Irradiation

 

micro-CPV

Development of a Highly Concentrating CPV Module Based on Modern Micro-Production Technology

 

H2Demo

Development of Demonstrators for Direct Solar Water Splitting

 

HIPERION

Hybrid Photovoltaics for Efficiency Record using Integrated Optical Technology

 

QuintuMod

Development of a Low-cost and High Efficient Solar Module Using a Solar Cell with 5-pn Junctions

 

HyCon

Solar Hydrogen Generation Using a HyCon System

 

PoTaSi

Demonstration of the Potential of Monolithic Tandem Solar Cells Made of III-V Semiconductors and Silicon