Inkjet Printed Contacts for Use in Photovoltaics

Maikel F.A.M. Van Hest; Calvin J. Curtis; Alex Miedaner; Robert M. Pasquarelli; John Kreuder; Peter Hersh; David S. Ginley

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411440

Inkjet Printed Contacts for Use in Photovoltaics

Maikel F.A.M. Van Hest, Calvin J. Curtis, Alex Miedaner, Robert M. Pasquarelli, John Kreuder, Peter Hersh, David S. Ginley

Materials, Chemical, and Computational Science

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

Using direct-write approaches in photovoltaics for metallization and contact formation can significantly reduce the cost per watt of producing photovoltaic devices. Inks have been developed for various materials, such as Ag, Cu, Ni and Al, which can be used to inkjet print metallizations for various kinds of photovoltaic devices. Use of these inks results in metallization with resistivity close to those of bulk materials. By means of inkjet printing a metallization grid can be printed with better resolution, i.e. smaller lines, than screen-printing. For metallization on top of silicon photovoltaics also an ink has been developed that will facilitate the burn-through of the contact through the anti-reflection coating. Using this burn-through material may reduce the firing temperature by more than 100°C compared to conventional contact technology.

Original language	American English
Pages	1736-1738
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411440 https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411440
State	Published - 2009
Event	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009 - Philadelphia, PA, United States Duration: 7 Jun 2009 → 12 Jun 2009

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Conference	2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Philadelphia, PA
Period	7/06/09 → 12/06/09

NREL Publication Number

NREL/CP-520-45920

Keywords

coatings
conductivity
costs
firing
ink
inorganic materials
metallization
photovoltaic cells
printing
silicon

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Van Hest, M. F. A. M., Curtis, C. J., Miedaner, A., Pasquarelli, R. M., Kreuder, J., Hersh, P., & Ginley, D. S. (2009). Inkjet Printed Contacts for Use in Photovoltaics. 1736-1738. Paper presented at 2009 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, PVSC 2009, Philadelphia, PA, United States. https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411440, https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411440

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