Understanding and development of screen-printed front metallization for high-efficiency low-to-medium concentrator silicon solar cells

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 944-951

  Chen, Chia Wei ^a   Kang, Moon Hee ^a   Upadhyaya, Vijaykumar ^a   Kapoor, Aditya ^a   Tate, John Keith ^a   Keane, James C ^a   Ning, Steven ^a   Rohatgi, Ajeet ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrator; screen printed; Si solar cell

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION RANGES; CONCENTRATOR; CONTACT PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MODEL CALCULATIONS; PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; SCREEN-PRINTED; SI SOLAR CELLS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFICIENCY; SILICON; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

CELLS;

EID: 84880314807     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2253832     Document Type: Article

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