Fabrication of an inkjet-printed seed pattern with silver nanoparticulate ink on a textured silicon solar cell wafer

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Shin, Dong Youn ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

ABLATED REGIONS; DROP-ON-DEMAND; EFFECTIVE WIDTH; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; FINGER ELECTRODE; GAUSSIAN LASER BEAM; HYDROPHOBIC COATINGS; HYDROPHOBIC SOLUTIONS; INK-JET PRINTING; INKJET PRINT HEADS; NANO PARTICULATES; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE TEXTURES; THRESHOLD LASERS;

ABLATION; COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON WAFERS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

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EID: 78649759531     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/12/125003     Document Type: Article

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