1. Novel Rear Side Metallization Route for Si Solar Cells Using a Transparent Conducting Adhesive
- Author
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William Nemeth, Talysa R. Klein, Vincenzo LaSalvia, Paul Stradins, Maikel F.A.M. van Hest, Manuel Schnabel, and Benjamin G. Lee
- Subjects
Materials science ,Silicon ,business.industry ,Contact resistance ,chemistry.chemical_element ,chemistry ,Electrical resistivity and conductivity ,Optoelectronics ,Wafer ,Electrical measurements ,Adhesive ,business ,Electrical conductor ,Voltage - Abstract
The rear side metallization of Si solar cells comes with a number of inherent losses and trade-offs: a larger metallized area fraction improves fill factor at the expense of open-circuit voltage, depositing directly on textured Si leads to low contact resistivity at the expense of short-circuit current, and some metallization processes create defects in Si. To mitigate many of these losses we have developed a novel approach for rear side metallization of Si solar cells, utilizing a transparent conducting adhesive (TCA) to metallize Si without exposing the wafer to the metal deposition process. The TCA consists of an insulating adhesive loaded with conductive microspheres. This approach leads to virtually no loss in implied open-circuit voltage upon metallization. Electrical measurements showed that contact resistivities of 3-9 Ωcm2 were achieved, and an analysis of the transit resistance per microsphere showed that
- Published
- 2017