Improvement of Front Side Contact by Light Induced Plating of c-Si Solar Cell

Screen printing technique using silver paste is one of the established industrial processes for manufacturing solar cell. But due to some limitation of this process conductivity of contact decreases. Light Induced Plating (LIP) of c-Si solar cell is a critical process generally leading to decrease i...

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Main Authors: S. Maity, S. Dey, C.T. Bhunia, H. Saha
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Language:English
Published: Sumy State University 2014-11-01
Series:Журнал нано- та електронної фізики
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Online Access:http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2014/4/articles/jnep_2014_V6_04005.pdf
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description Screen printing technique using silver paste is one of the established industrial processes for manufacturing solar cell. But due to some limitation of this process conductivity of contact decreases. Light Induced Plating (LIP) of c-Si solar cell is a critical process generally leading to decrease in series resistance of front side contact, increase in fill factor and efficiency associated with marginal reduction in short circuit current (Jsc). In this paper experimental results showing the decrease in series resistance but increase in short circuit current (Jsc) by using LIP process is reported. The LIP experiments are carried out using two different methods i.e. with and without bias. Even the unintentional deposition of silver nano particles on the front surface of the solar cell during LIP process is clearly shown.
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spelling doaj-art-dba42db346ba4e14a71d34c6fd4ec7db2025-08-20T02:21:17ZengSumy State UniversityЖурнал нано- та електронної фізики2077-67722014-11-016404005-104005-7Improvement of Front Side Contact by Light Induced Plating of c-Si Solar CellS. Maity0S. Dey1C.T. Bhunia2H. Saha3Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, 791112 Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaElectronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, 791112 Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaElectronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, 791112 Arunachal Pradesh, IndiaCenter of Excellence for Green Technology and Sensor Systems, IIEST, 711103 IndiaScreen printing technique using silver paste is one of the established industrial processes for manufacturing solar cell. But due to some limitation of this process conductivity of contact decreases. Light Induced Plating (LIP) of c-Si solar cell is a critical process generally leading to decrease in series resistance of front side contact, increase in fill factor and efficiency associated with marginal reduction in short circuit current (Jsc). In this paper experimental results showing the decrease in series resistance but increase in short circuit current (Jsc) by using LIP process is reported. The LIP experiments are carried out using two different methods i.e. with and without bias. Even the unintentional deposition of silver nano particles on the front surface of the solar cell during LIP process is clearly shown.http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2014/4/articles/jnep_2014_V6_04005.pdfSolar cellSilver nano particlesLIPAir-voidsPlasmonicSeries resistanc
spellingShingle S. Maity
S. Dey
C.T. Bhunia
H. Saha
Improvement of Front Side Contact by Light Induced Plating of c-Si Solar Cell
Журнал нано- та електронної фізики
Solar cell
Silver nano particles
LIP
Air-voids
Plasmonic
Series resistanc
title Improvement of Front Side Contact by Light Induced Plating of c-Si Solar Cell
title_full Improvement of Front Side Contact by Light Induced Plating of c-Si Solar Cell
title_fullStr Improvement of Front Side Contact by Light Induced Plating of c-Si Solar Cell
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of Front Side Contact by Light Induced Plating of c-Si Solar Cell
title_short Improvement of Front Side Contact by Light Induced Plating of c-Si Solar Cell
title_sort improvement of front side contact by light induced plating of c si solar cell
topic Solar cell
Silver nano particles
LIP
Air-voids
Plasmonic
Series resistanc
url http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2014/4/articles/jnep_2014_V6_04005.pdf
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