DocumentCode
392673
Title
Direct write processing for photovoltaic cells
Author
Rivkin, Tanya ; Curtis, Calvin ; Miedaner, Alex ; Perkins, John ; Alleman, Jeff ; Ginley, David
Author_Institution
Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
19-24 May 2002
Firstpage
1326
Lastpage
1329
Abstract
Direct writing of solar cell components is an attractive processing approach. We have fabricated a 6.8% Si solar cell using silver ink based electrodes. Ohmic contact through the antireflection (AR) coating was obtained with pure Ag electrodes at 850°C. We also report on highly conductive silver metallizations and initial results on direct-write TCO demonstrating a 100-micron spatial resolution produced by inkjet printing.
Keywords
antireflection coatings; elemental semiconductors; metallisation; ohmic contacts; silicon; silver; solar cells; thick films; 850 degC; Ag; Ohmic contact; Si; antireflection coating; direct write processing; direct-write TCO; inkjet printing; photovoltaic cells; silver ink based electrodes; silver metallization; solar cell components; Coatings; Electrodes; Ink; Metallization; Ohmic contacts; Photovoltaic cells; Printing; Silver; Spatial resolution; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE
ISSN
1060-8371
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7471-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190854
Filename
1190854
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