The
new
technology,
which
applies
a
web-coating
of
CIGS
cells
to
a
plastic
polymer
film,
could
move
thin-film
manufacturing
lines
away
from
the
time-consuming
and
labour-intensive
process
of
individually
layering
the
four
elements
that
make
up
the
flexible
PV
modules.
A
CIGS
module’s
molybdenum
back
contact,
CIGS
absorber
and
zinc
oxide
window
layers
have
now
been
deposited
in
one
go
using
a
continuously-running
system
by
researchers
at
the
Centre
for
Solar
Energy
and
Hydrogen
Research
(ZSW)
in
Baden-Württemberg.
In
the
next
phase
of
development
a
new
buffer
layer
will
be
included,
while
the…
