On the ink jetting of full front ag gridlines for cost-effective metallization of Si solar cells

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 637-639

  Ebong, Abasifreke ^a   Cooper, Ian B ^b   Rounsaville, Brian ^b   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^b   Dovrat, Miki ^c   Kritchman, E ^c   Brusilovsky, D ^c   Benichou, Axel ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Xjet Solar Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

High efficiency solar cells; Ink jetted cells; Silicon solar cells

Indexed keywords

COST SAVING; FILL FACTOR; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; INK-JET; SCREEN-PRINTED; SI SOLAR CELLS;

EFFICIENCY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILICON WAFERS;

SILVER;

EID: 84860368224     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2012.2186553     Document Type: Article

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