A review of photovoltaic performance of organic/inorganic solar cells for future renewable and sustainable energy technologies

J Ajayan, D Nirmal, P Mohankumar… - Superlattices and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solar cells are emerging as serious contenders to rival leading energy sources to generate
electricity for environment friendly renewable and sustainable energy technologies. Earth is …

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 …

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 …

Versatile molecular silver ink platform for printed flexible electronics

AJ Kell, C Paquet, O Mozenson… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A silver molecular ink platform formulated for screen, inkjet, and aerosol jet printing is
presented. A simple formulation comprising silver neodecanoate, ethyl cellulose, and …

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 …

Pathways for efficiency improvements of industrial PERC silicon solar cells

N Balaji, D Lai, V Shanmugam, PK Basu, A Khanna… - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The global manufacturing capacity of Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell (PERC) devices on p-
type Czochralski-grown silicon (Cz-Si) wafers is increasing rapidly. This paper analyses …

[PDF][PDF] Screen printed thick film metallization of silicon solar cells—recent developments and future perspectives

A Lorenz, M Linse, H Frintrup, M Jeitler… - 35th European …, 2018 - publica.fraunhofer.de
Within this work, we present actual results in the field of screen printing front side
metallization for Silicon solar cells using standard and knotless screen technology. We show …

Optimization of capillary suspension silver pastes for enhanced metallization in silicon solar Cells: A comparative analysis of Screen-Printing and pattern transfer …

S Zhao, K Hu, M Huang, J Hong, H Wu, D Zou, P Zhu… - Solar Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
With the increase in the use of crystalline silicon solar cells, it is necessary for solar cells to
achieve finer and higher pre-metallization finger lines. The application of capillary …

Finger metallization using pattern transfer printing technology for c-Si solar cell

A Adrian, D Rudolph, N Willenbacher… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Front metallization of crystalline silicon solar cells requires smaller finger lines in order to
collect the generated current from the active area efficiently. Pattern transfer printing (PTP) …

Fundamentals of using cracked film lithography to pattern transparent conductive metal grids for photovoltaics

CP Muzzillo, MO Reese, LM Mansfield - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
The fundamentals of using cracked film lithography (CFL) to fabricate metal grids for
transparent contacts in solar cells were studied. The underlying physics of drying-induced …