The importance of surface roughness in the adhesion of electroless-plated metal in inkjet printed grooves

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1410-1413

  Karpour, Anahita ^a   Wenham, Stuart R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS; COMMONLY USED; COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; DEPOSITED METAL; DIELECTRIC LAYER; ELECTROLESS; HIGH FILL FACTORS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INK-JET PRINTING; MECHANICAL ADHESION; PLATED METALS; SERIES RESISTANCES; SILICON SURFACES; SOLAR CELL FABRICATION;

ADHESION; ELECTROLESS PLATING; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 78650201060     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614406     Document Type: Conference Paper

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