With climate change being a concern for many around the world, huge efforts have been made over the years to find and establish other sources of energy than burning coal and oil. Solar cells are among the first to cross one’s mind when thinking about alternative energy sources. One approach is the CIGS solar cell (copper indium gallium selenide) that can be manufactured on flexible thin-films.

The webinar will give you insights in:

• The driving forces behind the processing of flexible solar cells
• The requirements on laser sources, beam path, and production equipment
• Laser scribing in process steps P1, P2, P3 and P4
• The benefits of 3D-Micromac’s microFLEX platform for 24/7 production

In the manufacturing of flexible thin-film devices precision, throughput, and machining quality on ever-smaller structures are playing an important role. This webinar will give you a brief overview of different case studies where roll-to-roll laser processing achieved new dimensions in terms of precision, quality and process efficiency.

One example application is the ablation of thin-film layers for medical sensors. In this case, the on-the-fly laser ablation takes place by using an excimer laser and mask projection. The layout of the products is adaptable by various projection masks. The high-repetition rate of the excimer laser allows the production of up to 150 sensors per second.