Screen-Printed Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells with Complex Silver Inks
Metallization using complex metal inks has gained significant research interest due to its cost-effectiveness and ability to achieve performance comparable to traditional nanoparticle pastes. This study introduces the use of complex silver (Ag) inks applied via industrial screen-printing for silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cell metallization. The printed Ag lines exhibit a contact resistivity on SHJ tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) surfaces as low as ~0.2-12 mΩ·cm<sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup>. Photoluminescence imaging reveals minimal surface passivation degradation (ΔiVoc
Authors
- Sneh Sinha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0555-0282)
- Myles A. Steiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1643-9766)
- Paul Stradins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-5564)
- William Nemeth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5217-6815)
- Harvey Guthrey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1574-3379)
- Thien N. Truong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4082-7999)
- Jennifer Selvidge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8860-2679)
- Markus Kaupa
- San Thiengi
- Matthew Page
- Brett Walker
- Mitchell Smith
- David L. Young
- Melbs LeMieux
Institutions
- National Laboratory of the Rockies (US)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-06-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc59419.2025.11132510
- Primary Topic
- Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00