The Investigation of Plating Technologies for Front Fingers of c-Si Solar Cells

Abstract:

Besides silicon wafers, the metallization of solar cells is the most expensive process in the mass production of solar cells nowadays. Therefore, the development of cost-effective metallization technologies is very important for the reduction of manufacturing cost. In this article, we will introduce two novel approaches for the metallization of c-Si solar cells: (i) electroless plated Ni and electroplated Cu; (ii) photoplated Ni and Cu. It is believed that high efficiency and low cost solar cells can be fabricated taking advantages of the improved metallization methods.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 512-515)
• Pages: 198-201
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.512-515.198
• Online since: May 2012
• Authors: Shi Yang Sun, Jian Ping Long, Bo Zhang
• Keywords: Electroless Plating (EP), Electroplating, Metallization, Photoplating, Solar Cell

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