Effects of controllable process factors on Al rear surface bumps in Si solar cells

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-22

  Park, Sungeun ^a   Bae, Soohyun ^a   Kim, Hyunho ^a   Kim, Seongtak ^a   Kim, Young Do ^a   Park, Hyomin ^a   Kim, Soomin ^a   Tark, Sung Ju ^a   Son, Chang Sik ^b   Kim, Donghwan ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Silla University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Al bump; Al Si contact; Al Si eutectic alloy; Aluminum back surface field; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

AL-SI CONTACT; AL-SI EUTECTIC ALLOYS; ALUMINUM METAL; ALUMINUM POWDERS; ALUMINUM SURFACE; BACK REFLECTANCE; BACK SURFACE FIELDS; CONTACT POINTS; COOLING RATES; HIGH DENSITY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; PROCESS FACTOR; REAR SURFACES; SCREEN-PRINTED; SI SOLAR CELLS; SILICON SURFACES; UNIFORM TEMPERATURE;

PASSIVATION; POWDER METALS; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING; RAPID THERMAL PROCESSING; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; SILICON WAFERS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 80054812324     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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