Direct-Write Contacts: Metallization and Contact Formation; Preprint
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 resistivities 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. Also inks have been developed to deposit transparent conductive oxide films by means of ultrasonic spraying.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99-GO10337
- OSTI ID:
- 929617
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP-520-42535; TRN: US200813%%267
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 11-16 May 2008, San Diego, California
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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