Effects of particle size and substrate surface properties on deposition dynamics of inkjet-printed colloidal drops for printable photovoltaics fabrication

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0210101-0210107

  Biswas, S ^a   Gawande, S ^a   Bromberg, V ^a   Sun, Y ^a,b  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloidal drop deposition; Inkjet printing; Solar cells; Substrate surface energy

Indexed keywords

AR PLASMAS; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; CONTACT LINES; DEPOSITION DYNAMICS; DEVICE PROPERTIES; DROP DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INK FORMULATION; INK-JET DEPOSITION; MONO-DISPERSED; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYSTYRENE PARTICLE; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SIZE RANGES; SUBSTRATE PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATE SURFACE;

CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLASS; INK; INK JET PRINTERS; INK JET PRINTING; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PLASMA DEPOSITION; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77955179146     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001470     Document Type: Article

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