Improved front side metallization for silicon solar cells by direct printing

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 003667-003671

  Chen, Xudong ^a   Church, Kenneth ^a   Yang, Haixin ^b   Cooper, Ian B ^c   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^c  

^a nScrypt Inc   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

fine line; front side metallization; high aspect ratio; non contact; Silicon solar cell

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; CELL PERFORMANCE; COMPARISON STUDY; DIRECT PRINTING; EFFICIENCY INCREASE; ENABLING TOOLS; FILL FACTOR; FINE LINE; GRID LINE; GRID PATTERN; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; NON-CONTACT; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; SCREEN-PRINTING PROCESS; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; METALLIZING; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PRINTING; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

ASPECT RATIO;

EID: 84861053890     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2011.6185946     Document Type: Conference Paper

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