Front side metallization of crystalline silicon solar cells using selectively laser drilled contact openings

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 000517-000522

  Xu, Baomin ^a   Littau, Karl ^a   Zesch, James ^a   Fork, David ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT OPENING; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; DIELECTRIC LAYER; ENERGY DENSITY; FIRING TEMPERATURE; HIGH QUALITY; LASER ENERGY DENSITY; METAL CONTACTS; METALLIZATIONS; MULTIPLE LASERS; NANOSECOND RANGE; NICKEL FILM; NITRIDE LAYERS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PEAK ENERGY DENSITY; SCREEN-PRINTED; SELECTIVE REMOVAL; SILVER CONTACTS; SPECIFIC CONTACT RESISTANCES;

LASER PULSES; METALLIZING; SILICON NITRIDE; SILVER;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77951582479     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411630     Document Type: Conference Paper

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