Cold spray deposition of copper electrodes on silicon and glass substrates

Journal of Thermal Spray Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1092-1102

  Kim, Do Yeon ^a   Park, Jung Jae ^a   Lee, Jong Gun ^a   Kim, Donghwan ^a   Tark, Sung Ju ^a   Ahn, Sejin ^b   Yun, Jae Ho ^b   Gwak, Jihye ^b   Yoon, Kyung Hoon ^b   Chandra, Sanjeev ^c   Yoon, Sam S ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

coating glass; cold spray; copper electrode; line printing; solar cell

Indexed keywords

COATING GLASS; COLD SPRAY; COLD SPRAY TECHNOLOGY; COPPER ELECTRODES; CRYSTALLINE SILICON WAFERS; LINE PRINTING; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; TRIANGULAR CROSS-SECTIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; COPPER; DEPOSITION; GLASS; PRINTING; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84884906162     PISSN: 10599630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11666-013-9953-4     Document Type: Article

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