Electrical and structural functionality of CIGSe solar cells patterned with picosecond laser pulses of different wavelengths

Electrical and structural functionality of monolithic interconnection of CIGSe solar cells by P1–P3 picosecond laser ablation has been successfully established and evaluated as being competitive to conventional needle scribing. In all three patterning steps the material is selectively and completely removed yielding structurally well-defined trenches at high scribing speeds up to 1 m/s. P1 and P2 ps laser scribing clearly improves the solar cell efficiencies whereas P3 scribing is still challenging due to shunts resulting from laser-induced alteration of the absorber material.