Review of the potential of the Ni/Cu plating technique for crystalline silicon solar cells

AU Rehman, SH Lee - Materials, 2014 - mdpi.com
Developing a better method for the metallization of silicon solar cells is integral part of
realizing superior efficiency. Currently, contact realization using screen printing is the …

Passivated Emitter and Rear Totally Diffused: PERT Solar Cell-An Overview

AU Rehman, M Nadeem, M Usman - Silicon, 2023 - Springer
An overview of the Passivated Emitter and Rear Totally Diffused (PERT) solar cell is
presented, which is a member of Passivated Emitter and Rear Contact (PERC) family. Due …

Challenges facing copper‐plated metallisation for silicon photovoltaics: Insights from integrated circuit technology development

A Lennon, J Colwell, KP Rodbell - Progress in Photovoltaics …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Copper‐plated interconnects were widely adopted for volume manufacture of integrated
circuits after more than a decade of intensive research to demonstrate that use of Cu would …

Microstructure analysis of the interface situation and adhesion of thermally formed nickel silicide for plated nickel–copper contacts on silicon solar cells

A Mondon, MN Jawaid, J Bartsch, M Glatthaar… - Solar energy materials …, 2013 - Elsevier
For low cost high efficiency fully plated NiCu contacts on silicon solar cells, a thermal
formation of nickel silicide is commonly performed for adhesion promotion. Since the results …

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 …

Industrial Si solar cells with Cu-based plated contacts

JT Horzel, Y Shengzhao, N Bay… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Until today, most industrial c-Si solar cells have been limited by front emitter and front metal
contact properties. This study demonstrates that laser ablation and inline plating of nickel …

Evaluation of advanced p‐PERL and n‐PERT large area silicon solar cells with 20.5% energy conversion efficiencies

L Tous, M Aleman, R Russell… - Progress in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we evaluate p‐type passivated emitter and rear locally diffused (p‐PERL) and
n‐type passivated emitter and rear totally diffused (n‐PERT) large area silicon solar cells …

Modelling picosecond and nanosecond laser ablation for prediction of induced damage on textured SiNx/Si surfaces of Si solar cells

X Shen, PC Hsiao, Z Wang, M Liu… - Progress in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigated the laser‐induced damage arising from 266 and 532 nm laser
ablation of SiNx films on alkaline textured Si surfaces with nanosecond and picosecond …

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 …

Uniform plating of thin nickel layers for silicon solar cells

Y Yao, J Rodriguez, J Cui, A Lennon, S Wenham - Energy Procedia, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper describes a galvanic deposition method for the formation of uniformly thin nickel
seed layers for silicon solar cells. Unlike the previously-reported electroless and light …