Failures of Photovoltaic modules and their Detection: A Review

MW Akram, G Li, Y Jin, X Chen - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Photovoltaic (PV) has emerged as a promising and phenomenal renewable energy
technology in the recent past and the PV market has developed at an exponential rate …

Degradation of plated silicon solar module due to copper diffusion: The role of capping layer formation and contact adhesion

B Phua, X Shen, PC Hsiao, C Kong, A Stokes… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Copper plating can provide significant cost savings over screen printed Ag for industrially
produced Si photovoltaic modules, however concerns exist with regard to the durability of …

Plated metal adhesion to picosecond laser-ablated silicon solar cells: Influence of surface chemistry and wettability

X Shen, PC Hsiao, B Phua, A Stokes… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the influence of UV picosecond laser fluence, used to ablate the SiN
x antireflection coating for Ni/Cu/Ag plated p-type Si solar cells, on busbar and finger …

Enhancing the Delamination Efficiency of Polyimide–Copper Bilayers with UV/Heat-Activated Foamable Adhesive: Insights and Applications

W Khawdas, Y Sawada, K Miyata… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
This study explores the adhesive properties of copolymers comprising glycidyl methacrylate
(GMA) and 3-(trimethoxysilyl) propyl methacrylate (MPTMS), focusing on their suitability for …

Effect of finger interruption mode on the performance of crystalline silicon solar cells

L Li, JL Tu, J Wu, K Hu, S Yu - Solar Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Research on the finger interruptions in the front side metallization of solar cells can help
characterize the impact of finger fractures on solar cell performances. In addition, these …

Study on the effect of finger fracture characteristics on the performance of crystalline silicon solar cell

L Li, JL Tu, Y Yang, D Xu, J Wu, P Feng… - … Journal of Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we established the relationship between the finger fracture position, finger
fracture size and series resistance, and systematically analyzed the influence of the …

[PDF][PDF] Plated Metallisation for Silicon Solar Cells: A Deeper Dive into the Importance of Contact Adhesion

B Phua - 2022 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
Electrical contact formation is required for the transport of generated current from solar cells.
Currently, Ag screen printing is the dominant metallisation method, but it accounts for~ 60 …

Pulsed Laser Dielectric Ablation for Copper-plated Silicon Solar Cells

X Shen - 2021 - unsworks.unsw.edu.au
dc. description. abstract Copper-plated metallisation can act as an alternative to the
dominant Ag screen-printing with a reduced material cost for Si solar cell manufacturing …

Reliability of Photovoltaic Cells with Plated Copper Electrodes

J Karas - 2020 - search.proquest.com
An ongoing effort in the photovoltaic (PV) industry is to reduce the major manufacturing cost
components of solar cells, the great majority of which are based on crystalline silicon (c-Si) …