Video: How Thin-Film Electric Solar Panels Are Made At Ascent Solar
Posted by admin on Sep 26, 2009
This video is about the production steps of Ascent Solar’s thin-film CIGS electric solar panels.
Joe McCabe, Ascent Solar’s vice president of business development, shows you, how Ascent Solar produces it’s thin-film electric solar panels. It all starts with a roll of flexible plastic that is being covered with several different layers during the production process.
Actually “electric solar panels” is not really the proper phrase for these flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, since “panels” suggests rather rigid materials. However, this expression is commonly used even for these types of solar modules.
Mr. McCabe shows the process step-by-step, beginning with the bottom contact metal layer over the CIGS (copper indium gallium (di)selenide) deposition, the window layer, the top contact (transparent conductive oxide – TCO), scribing, printing and laminating to the final testing of the electric solar panels.
Thin-film electric solar panels are selling very well at the time. Photovoltaic experts expect them to become the globally best selling electric solar panels in the future. For more information click www.ascentsolar.com
