Ink Jet Printed Metals and Conducting Polymers

Calvin J. Curtis; Tanya Kaydanova; Maikel F.A.M. Van Hest; Alex Miedaner; Eric Garnett; David S. Ginley; Lee Smith; Andrew Leenheer; Reuben T. Collins

Ink Jet Printed Metals and Conducting Polymers

Calvin J. Curtis, Tanya Kaydanova, Maikel F.A.M. Van Hest, Alex Miedaner, Eric Garnett, David S. Ginley, Lee Smith, Andrew Leenheer, Reuben T. Collins

Materials, Chemical, and Computational Science

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Abstract

Ag, Cu and Ni metallizations were Inkjet printed with near vacuum deposition quality. The approach developed can easily be extended to other conductors such as Pd, Pt, Au, etc. Thick, highly conducting lines of Ag and Cu demonstrating good adhesion to glass, Si and printed circuit board (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 antireflection (AR) layer at 850°C resulting in solar cells with 8% efficiency. Next-generation multicomponent inks (including etching agents) have also been developed which demonstrate improved fire-through contacts, leading to higher cell efficiencies. Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-polystyrene sulfonate 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	160-163
Number of pages	4
State	Published - 2005
Event	Digital Fabrication 2005 - Baltimore, MD, United States Duration: 18 Sep 2005 → 22 Sep 2005

Conference

Conference	Digital Fabrication 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore, MD
Period	18/09/05 → 22/09/05

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-590-40724

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