Towards back contact silicon solar cells with screen printed metallisation

E. Van Kerschaver; S. De Wolf; J. Szlufcik; IEEE

doi:10.1109/PVSC.2000.915791

Back

Conference proceeding

Towards back contact silicon solar cells with screen printed metallisation

E. Van Kerschaver, S. De Wolf, J. Szlufcik and IEEE

Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2000 (Cat. No.00CH37036), Vol.2000-, pp.209-212

2000

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2000.915791

Abstract

Availability

Costs

Dry etching

Metallization

Photovoltaic cells

Photovoltaic systems

Printing

Silicon

Solar power generation

Wet etching

In this paper, a generic cost effective cell process based on screen printing for a variety of rear contacted solar cells is presented. After discussing the choice of the method for contact isolation, being one of the major problems in the field of back contact solar cells, results of solar cell structures based on this cell process are discussed. The discussed cells have become known as the metallisation wrap through (MWT), metallisation wrap around (MWA) and emitter wrap through (EWT) structures. The results for the screen printed versions of the MWT and MWA solar cells categorise amongst the best reported efficiencies for large area low cost back contact solar cells. The preliminary results on EWT cells indicate the high potential of the cell design.

Metrics

1 Record Views

Details

Title: Towards back contact silicon solar cells with screen printed metallisation
Creators - without role: E. Van Kerschaver - IMEC
S. De Wolf
J. Szlufcik
IEEE
Publication Details: Conference Record of the Twenty-Eighth IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 2000 (Cat. No.00CH37036), Vol.2000-, pp.209-212
Publisher: IEEE
Identifiers: 9944827608331
Academic Unit: King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference proceeding