Long term stability of copper front side contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 25-31

  Kraft, Achim ^a   Wolf, Christian ^a   Bartsch, Jonas ^a   Glatthaar, Markus ^a   Glunz, Stefan ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Copper; Long term stability; Metallization; Nickel diffusion barrier; Silicon nitride

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DIFFUSION; METALLIZING; NICKEL; NITRIDES; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER;

CONDUCTIVE LAYER; CONTACT EDGES; COPPER DIFFUSION; CRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS; LONG TERM STABILITY; SCREEN-PRINTED; SEED LAYER;

DIFFUSION BARRIERS;

EID: 84921341361     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.12.024     Document Type: Article

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