| Abstract: | High throughput coatings for photovoltaics – Contribution of sputtering technology to Paris Climate Goals Photovoltaics (PV) is one of the most important renewable energy sources whose expansion is needed to achieve the climate goals. The considerable drop down in the costs of PV based energy within the last 10 years has led to a very high degree of economic attractiveness for photovoltaics. This was made possible by new cell structures with higher efficiencies, lower material usage and utilization of scaling effects as well as automation in production. Highly efficient PVD coating processes, such as the magnetron sputtering, are increasingly being used in current crystalline PV cell types such as heterojunction or TOPCON solar cells. Thin film technologies are still the backbone for processing of the less material‐intensive thin‐film solar modules. |
