Effect of Ag particle size in thick-film Ag paste on the electrical and physical properties of screen printed contacts and silicon solar cells

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Hilali, Mohamed M ^a   Nakayashiki, Kenta ^a   Khadilkar, Chandra ^b   Reedy, Robert C ^c   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^a   Shaikh, Aziz ^d   Kim, Steve ^d   Sridharan, Srinivasan ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ferro Corporation   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Ferro Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; POWDER METALS; SCREEN PRINTING; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILVER; THICK FILMS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

BELT FURNACES; JUNCTION LEAKAGE; SCREEN PRINTED CONTACTS; SPHERICAL PARTICLES;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

SILK SCREEN PRINTING; SILVER;

EID: 33645524724     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.2126579     Document Type: Article

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