Direct Write Contacts for Solar Cells

Tanya Kaydanova; Maikel F.A.M. Van Hest; Alex Miedaner; Calvin J. Curtis; Jeff L. Alleman; Matthew S. Dabney; Eric Garnett; Sean Shaheen; Lee Smith; Reubin Collins; Jack I. Hanoka; Andrew M. Gabor; David S. Ginley

Direct Write Contacts for Solar Cells

Tanya Kaydanova, Maikel F.A.M. Van Hest, Alex Miedaner, Calvin J. Curtis, Jeff L. Alleman, Matthew S. Dabney, Eric Garnett, Sean Shaheen, Lee Smith, Reubin Collins, Jack I. Hanoka, Andrew M. Gabor, David S. Ginley

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Abstract

Ag, Cu and Ni metallizations were inkjet printed with near vacuum deposition quality. The approach developed can be easily extended to other conductors such as Pt, Pd, Au etc. Thick highly conducting lines of Ag and Cu demonstrating good adhesion to glass, Si and PCB have been printed at 100-200°C in air and N₂ respectively. Ag grids were inkjet-printed on Si solar cells and fired through the silicon nitride AR layer at 850°C resulting in 8% cells. Next generation multicomponent inks (including etching agents) have also been developed with improved fire through contacts leading to higher cell efficiencies. PEDOT-PSS polymer based conductors were inkjet printed with conductivity as good or better than that of spin-coated films.

Original language	American English
Pages	1305-1308
Number of pages	4
State	Published - 2005
Event	31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005 - Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States Duration: 3 Jan 2005 → 7 Jan 2005

Conference

Conference	31st IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Lake Buena Vista, FL
Period	3/01/05 → 7/01/05

Bibliographical note

For preprint version see NREL/CP-520-37524

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-520-38902

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