Title :
Direct write processing for photovoltaic cells
Author :
Rivkin, Tanya ; Curtis, Calvin ; Miedaner, Alex ; Perkins, John ; Alleman, Jeff ; Ginley, David
Author_Institution :
Nat. Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, USA
Abstract :
Direct writing of solar cell components is an attractive processing approach. We have fabricated a 6.8% Si solar cell using silver ink based electrodes. Ohmic contact through the antireflection (AR) coating was obtained with pure Ag electrodes at 850°C. We also report on highly conductive silver metallizations and initial results on direct-write TCO demonstrating a 100-micron spatial resolution produced by inkjet printing.
Keywords :
antireflection coatings; elemental semiconductors; metallisation; ohmic contacts; silicon; silver; solar cells; thick films; 850 degC; Ag; Ohmic contact; Si; antireflection coating; direct write processing; direct-write TCO; inkjet printing; photovoltaic cells; silver ink based electrodes; silver metallization; solar cell components; Coatings; Electrodes; Ink; Metallization; Ohmic contacts; Photovoltaic cells; Printing; Silver; Spatial resolution; Writing;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2002. Conference Record of the Twenty-Ninth IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7471-1
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.2002.1190854
