Increasing the efficiency of screen-printed silicon solar cells by light-induced silver plating

Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE 4th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, WCPEC-4

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1056-1059

  Mette, A ^a   Schetter, C ^a   Wissen, D ^b   Lust, S ^b   Glunz, S W ^a   Willeke, G ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b Q Cells AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; OPTIMIZATION; SCREEN PRINTING; SILVER PLATING;

LIGHT-INDUCED PLATING (LIP); LINE CONDUCTIVITY; SCREEN-PRINTED SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SERIES RESISTANCE;

SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PLATING; SILICON; SILK SCREEN PRINTING; SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 41749098560     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCPEC.2006.279322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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