Understanding and use of IR belt furnace for rapid thermal firing of screen-printed contacts to Si solar cells

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-463

  Cooper, Ian B ^a   Ebong, Abasifreke ^a   Renshaw, John S ^a   Reedy, Robert ^b   Al Jassim, Mowafak ^b   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contacts; Photovoltaic cell metallization; Silicon

Indexed keywords

BELT-FURNACES; CONTACT FORMATION; CONVEYOR BELTS; DWELL TIME; FILL FACTOR; FIRING PROCESS; GLASS THICKNESS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; MASS PRODUCTION; METALLIZATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; SCREEN-PRINTED; SERIES RESISTANCES; SI SOLAR CELLS;

BELT CONVEYORS; CONTACT RESISTANCE; FURNACES; GLASS; METALLIZING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; THROUGHPUT;

SOLAR FURNACES;

EID: 77951880970     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2010.2044363     Document Type: Article

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