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Inkjet Printing for Silicon Solar Cells

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Inkjet printing of metal nanoparticles is an attractive method for front-side metallization of silicon solar cells. It is owing to noncontact, low-cost, low-waste, and simple process. In this work, we proposed the ink-jet printing and electroless technology to fabricate the seed layer and electrode layer, respectively. Furthermore, we used electroplating method to increase the electrode conductivity. In this way, the energy conversion efficiency up to 12.22% without AR coating can be obtained on 100 × 100 mm c-Si cell.

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The authors are grateful for the support of this research by the Photovoltaics Technology Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI); we also thank National Chung Hsing University for FE-SEM operation.

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  1. Photovoltaics Technology Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, 31040, Taiwan

    Han-Chang Liu, Chia-Pin Chuang, Yi-Tsun Chen & Chen-Hsun Du

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Liu, HC., Chuang, CP., Chen, YT. et al. Inkjet Printing for Silicon Solar Cells. Water Air Soil Pollut: Focus 9, 495–498 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11267-009-9240-z

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