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Reseach Article
Improvement of Front Side Contact of Solar Cell through Light Induced Plating without any External Bias at Different Conditions
| International Conference on Microelectronics, Circuits and Systems |
| Foundation of Computer Science USA |
| MICRO - Number 2 |
| October 2014 |
| Authors: Santanu Maity, Sidhant Sahoo, Vipul Tiwari, Chandan Prashad Yadav, Chandan Tilak Bhunia |
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Santanu Maity, Sidhant Sahoo, Vipul Tiwari, Chandan Prashad Yadav, Chandan Tilak Bhunia . Improvement of Front Side Contact of Solar Cell through Light Induced Plating without any External Bias at Different Conditions. International Conference on Microelectronics, Circuits and Systems. MICRO, 2 (October 2014), 26-28.
Abstract
This experimental study mainly focused on the improvement of solar cell front contacts. Industrial solar cell's front contacts are made by screen printing method using Ag-paste material, but there are some processing steps drawbacks. Mainly on the surface of the front contacts create some unwanted pores those increases the series resistance and edge of the front contacts form unwanted Ag-paste dots and different structures which increase optical loss. By optimizing the concentration of solution, light intensity, and chemical treatment in Light Induced Plating (LIP) solar efficiency increases up to~1. 2% is possible.
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