Printing technologies for silicon solar cell metallization: A comprehensive review

S Tepner, A Lorenz - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a comprehensive overview on printing technologies for metallization of
solar cells. Throughout the last 30 years, flatbed screen printing has established itself as the …

Effect of the cross-linking density on the swelling and rheological behavior of ester-bridged β-cyclodextrin nanosponges

G Hoti, F Caldera, C Cecone, A Rubin Pedrazzo… - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The cross-linking density influences the physicochemical properties of cyclodextrin-based
nanosponges (CD-NSs). Although the effect of the cross-linker type and content on the NSs …

Passivated emitter and rear cell—Devices, technology, and modeling

R Preu, E Lohmüller, S Lohmüller… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Current studies reveal the expectation that photovoltaic (PV) energy conversion will become
the front-runner technology to stem against the extent of global warming by the middle of this …

Screen pattern simulation for an improved front‐side Ag‐electrode metallization of Si‐solar cells

S Tepner, L Ney, M Linse, A Lorenz… - Progress in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Flatbed screen printing proves to be the dominant metallization approach for mass
production of silicon (Si)‐solar cells because of its robust and cost‐effective production …

Improving wall slip behavior of silver pastes on screen emulsions for fine line screen printing

S Tepner, N Wengenmeyr, L Ney, M Linse… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ongoing demand for a further reduction of electrode width for solar cell metallization by
flatbed and rotary screen printing is one of the main challenges in recent years. The main …

Rheology and screen-printing performance of model silver pastes for metallization of Si-solar cells

C Yüce, M König, N Willenbacher - Coatings, 2018 - mdpi.com
Further strong growth of solar energy conversion based on PV (photovoltaic) technology
requires constant improvement to increase solar cell efficiency. The challenge in front-side …

Rheological properties and drag reduction performance of puffer epidermal mucus

Y Zhang, X Feng, G Tian, C Jia - ACS Biomaterials Science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Most species of fish are covered with mucus, which provides the effect of reduction in
swimming drag. In this paper, three concentrations of puffer epidermal mucus were obtained …

Effects of organic binder on rheological behaviors and screen-printing performance of silver pastes for LTCC applications

J Feng, Y Gao, F Zhang, M Ma, Y Gu, Z Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Springer
Ethyl celluloses (ECs) organic binder with different molecular weights and contents was
applied to silver pastes for LTCC applications. The effective spheres (S) of EC molecules are …

Impact of wall slip on screen printing of front-side silver pastes for silicon solar cells

C Xu, M Fieß, N Willenbacher - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Printing of narrow electrodes with higher aspect ratio challenges the formulation of silver
paste for front-side metallization of silicon solar cells. Here, we have investigated four pastes …

Ferrofluid-based magnetorheological fluids: tuning the properties by varying the composition at two hierarchical levels

D Susan-Resiga, L Vékás - Rheologica Acta, 2016 - Springer
The magnetorheological behavior of three sets of ferrofluid-based magnetorheological (MR)
fluids is investigated to determine the dependence of the static and dynamic yield stresses …