Process challenges of high-performance silicon heterojunction solar cells with copper electrodes

J Yu, Y Bai, J Li, Q Qiu, T Chen, Y Huang, J Yu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Substitution of expensive silver paste becomes essential for mass production of silicon
heterojunction (SHJ) solar cell, which calls for high efficiency and low-cost metallization …

Narrow Line Width Ni–Cu–Sn Front Contact Metallization Patterns for Low‐Cost High‐Efficiency Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells using Nano‐Imprint Lithography

M Aleem, R Vishnuraj, B Krishnan, A Ashok… - Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An in‐house‐developed nanoimprint lithography system is designed and developed to
demonstrate a commercially viable method for creating Ni–Cu–Sn‐based narrow linewidth …

Maskless patterning of metal nanoparticles and silicon nanostructures by a droplet deposition and etching process

CW Tsao, PC Shen - Materials Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper introduces a droplet-based method to deposit metal nanoparticles (named:
droplet deposition) and etch silicon surfaces creating silicon nanostructures (named: droplet …

Recycled silicon solar cell-derived nanostructured p-black silicon device for high performance NO 2 gas sensor applications

M Aleem, R Vishnuraj, B Pullithadathil - RSC Applied Interfaces, 2025 - pubs.rsc.org
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is a toxic gas that can cause respiratory problems, and sensing its
presence is crucial for environmental monitoring and industrial safety. This investigation …

Copper Outdiffusion from Copper-Plated Solar Cell Contacts during Damp Heat Exposure

J Karas, B Phua, A Mo, N Iqbal, K Davis… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plated copper (Cu) contacts for silicon (Si) solar cells are an attractive alternative material to
conventional screenprinted silver, but there are unresolved questions on the long-term …

Nanostructured top contact as an alternative to transparent conductive oxides in tandem perovskite/c-Si solar cells

MH Elshorbagy, O Esteban, A Cuadrado, J Alda - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the competition of solar cell efficiency, besides top-performance multijunction cells,
tandem cells based on perovskites are also breaking efficiency records to enter into the 30 …