A systematically integrated recycling and upgrading technology for waste crystalline silicon photovoltaic module

X Xu, D Lai, W Wang, Y Wang - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
Efficient resource recovery and reutilization are important for overcoming the immense
challenges associated with waste photovoltaic module management and the limited raw …

Impact of acetic acid exposure on metal contact degradation of different crystalline silicon solar cell technologies

N Iqbal, M Li, TS Sakthivel, K Mikeska, M Lu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Degradation due to acetic acid in photovoltaic (PV) modules has been a commonly
observed phenomenon for both damp-heat exposure and outdoor operations. Acetic acid is …

Differently shaped Ag crystallites and four current transport paths at sintered Ag/Si interface of crystalline silicon solar cells

B Feng, Y Liu, W Chen, G Xing, X Chen, X Du - Solar Energy Materials and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The comprehensive understanding of the Ohmic contact mechanism on the front
metalization is highly desirable for further improvement of crystalline silicon solar cells …

Investigation of SiO2-B2O3-ZnO-Bi2O3 glass frits on the interface reaction of silver front contacts

YS Lai, SS Lai, YJ Li, HJ Lin, TH Chiang - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work investigates the interface reaction of Ag/Si contact with different Bi 2 O 3
containing glasses in Ag pastes. The Bi 2 O 3 content has a strong effect on the glass …

Microscale contact formation by laser enhanced contact optimization

S Großer, E Krassowski, S Swatek… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A technique to improve contacts of solar cells laser enhanced contact optimization (LECO)
has been studied in terms of micro scale contact formation at industrial PERC solar cells …

Silver Metallization with Controlled Etch Stop Using SiOx Layers in Passivating Contacts for Improved Silicon Solar Cell Performance

R Glatthaar, FP Schmidt, A Hammud, T Lunkenbein… - Solar …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metallization of polycrystalline‐silicon/silicon oxide (poly‐Si/SiOx) passivating contacts with
fire‐through silver paste is a crucial process for implementation of passivating contacts in …

N-type single-crystalline Si solar cells: Front side metallization for solar cells reaching 20% efficiency

P Kumar, M Pfeffer, B Willsch, O Eibl… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2016 - Elsevier
Screen printed front side contacts were investigated in n-type, high efficiency, single-
crystalline Si solar cells with B doped emitters. Cells were processed identically and two …

Contact Formation of Silver Paste and Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (n) Poly‐Silicon Passivating Contacts on Planar and Textured Surfaces

R Glatthaar, F Huster, T Okker… - … status solidi (a), 2022 - Wiley Online Library
One of the main challenges for the industrialization of the passivating contact approach for
Si solar cells is the metallization with screen‐printed paste while maintaining the low …

Attenuation of short‐circuit effect along screen‐printed silver gridlines during the contact firing process of crystalline silicon solar cells

HS Kim, SH Kim, SB Cho, SH Park… - Progress in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The “short‐circuit effect” in the fire‐through Ag metallization of crystalline Si (c‐Si) solar cells
refers to the poor contact formation caused by an electrical short between the Ag gridline …

Effect of sub-micrometer sized silver particle on the performance of the front Ag paste for c-Si solar cells

L Mo, Y Zhang, L Zhao, C Zhou, W Wang - Journal of Alloys and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Front side Ag pastes with different sub-micrometer silver particle contents for c-Si solar cells
were prepared. The corresponding screen-printing performance, sintering behavior and …