Nano-Ag colloids assisted tunneling mechanism for current conduction in front contact of crystalline si solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 002344-002348

  Cheng, Lap Kin ^a   Liang, Liang ^a   Li, Zhigang ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ETCHING; AG CONDUCTORS; CRYSTALLINE SI; CURRENT CONDUCTION; CURRENT FLOWS; DUAL BEAM; EMITTER SURFACES; FIRING CONDITIONS; GLASS LAYERS; IN-CELL; MICROSTRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; MULTICRYSTALLINE; NANOMETER SIZE; SCREEN-PRINTED; SCREEN-PRINTED THICK FILMS; SI SOLAR CELLS; TEM; TEMPERATURE-TIME PROFILES; TUNNELING MECHANISM; TWO-DIMENSION;

COLLOID CHEMISTRY; CONTACT RESISTANCE; CRYSTALLITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SAMPLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THICK FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WIND TUNNELS;

SILVER;

EID: 77951545777     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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