Physical understanding of printed thick-film front contacts of crystalline Si solar cells-Review of existing models and recent developments

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 18-19, 2006, Pages 3399-3406

  Schubert, Gunnar ^a   Huster, Frank ^a   Fath, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact formation; Current transport; Front side; Metallisation; Screen printing; Silicon; Silver; Solar cell; Thick film

Indexed keywords

METALLIZING; SCREEN PRINTING; SILVER; THICK FILMS;

CONTACT FORMATION; CURRENT TRANSPORT; FRONT SIDE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

METALIZATION; SILK SCREEN PRINTING; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33748311968     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2006.03.040     Document Type: Article

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