Skin care for healthy silicon solar cells

A Cuevas, T Allen, J Bullock, Y Wan… - 2015 IEEE 42nd …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Effective surface treatments suppress possible recombination losses and confine
photogenerated electrons and holes within the bulk of the silicon wafer, thus maximizing …

Thin uniform nickel seed layer formation and its impact on Ni-Cu contact adhesion for c-Si solar cell applications

VK Bajpai, P Pant, CS Solanki - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Poor contact adhesion is one of the major concerns in the low cost Ni-Cu front contact
metallization for c-Si solar cells. It reduces the mechanical as well as electrical reliability of …

Core-shell, oxidation-resistant, electrically conducting particles for low temperature conductive applications

BE Hardin, ST Connor, CH Peters - US Patent 10,550,291, 2020 - Google Patents
Oxidation-resistant electrically-conductive metal particles (ORCMP) are disclosed. ORCMPs
are comprised of a base-metal core, an oxidation-resistant first shell, and an optional …

Reduce on the cost of photovoltaic power generation for polycrystalline silicon solar cells by double printing of Ag/Cu front contact layer

Z Peng, Z Liu, J Chen, L Liao, J Chen, C Li… - Electronic Materials …, 2018 - Springer
With the development of photovoltaic industry, the cost of photovoltaic power generation has
become the significant issue. And the metallization process has decided the cost of original …

Core-shell nickel alloy composite particle metallization layers for silicon solar cells

BE Hardin, ST Connor, JR Groves… - US Patent 9,698,283, 2017 - Google Patents
3,930,093 3,949,118 4,001,146 4,045,245 4,122,232 4,130,854 4,137.361 4,347,165
4,397,812 4.485, 153 4,492.812 4,635,701 4,800,065 4,833,040 4,873,148 5,118,362 …

Solar cells and modules with fired multilayer stacks

BE Hardin, E Sauar, D Suseno, JJ Hinricher… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
US9741878B2 - Solar cells and modules with fired multilayer stacks - Google Patents
US9741878B2 - Solar cells and modules with fired multilayer stacks - Google Patents Solar cells …

Methods of forming solar cells with fired multilayer film stacks

BE Hardin, E Sauar, D Suseno, JJ Hinricher… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of forming a fired multilayer stack are described. The method
involves the steps of a) applying a wet metal particle layer on at least a portion of a surface …

Silver-bismuth non-contact metallization pastes for silicon solar cells

BE Hardin, ST Connor, JR Groves… - US Patent 10,418,497, 2019 - Google Patents
Metallization pastes for use with semiconductor devices are disclosed. The pastes contain
silver particles, low-melting-point base-metal particles, organic vehicle, and optional …

Print-on pastes for modifying material properties of metal particle layers

BE Hardin, E Sauar, D Suseno, JJ Hinricher… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Intercalation pastes for use with semiconductor devices are disclosed. The pastes contain
precious metal particles, inter calating particles, and an organic vehicle and can be used to …

Fired multilayer stacks for use in integrated circuits and solar cells

BE Hardin, E Sauar, D Suseno, JJ Hinricher… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Intercalation pastes for use with semiconductor devices are disclosed. The pastes contain
precious metal particles, inter calating particles, and an organic vehicle and can be used to …