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| author | Ebong, Abasifreke Intal, Donald Huneycutt, Sandra Rohatgi, Ajeet Upadhyaya, Vijay Dasgupta, Sagnik Zhong, Ruohan Druffel, Thad Dharmadasa, Ruvini |
| author_facet | Ebong, Abasifreke Intal, Donald Huneycutt, Sandra Rohatgi, Ajeet Upadhyaya, Vijay Dasgupta, Sagnik Zhong, Ruohan Druffel, Thad Dharmadasa, Ruvini |
| contents | Copper fire-through metallization is a cost-effective alternative to Ag counterpart for industrial high efficiency solar cells. The fire through dielectric metallization relies on belt speed, which dictates the ramp up and ramp down rates for effective contact formation. In this paper three belt speeds (325oC, 360oC, 390oC) at constant peak firing temperature, were used to process PERC (homogeneous emitter) cells. After the contact firing the electrical parameters were dependent on belt speed, but after LECO treatment, they were identical. The SEM/EDS cross sectional analyses showed increased elemental Cu with belt speed, and the series resistance was lowest for the middle belt speed before LECO. However, after the LECO treatment, the series resistance dropped, respectively, to 0.503 ohm-cm-2, 0.428 ohm-cm-2 and 0.500 ohm-cm-2 leading to efficiency of 20.8% on homogeneous PERC emitter. |
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| spellingShingle | Neutralization of the impact of belt speed on screen printed copper metallization by LECO on PERC homogeneous emitter Ebong, Abasifreke Intal, Donald Huneycutt, Sandra Rohatgi, Ajeet Upadhyaya, Vijay Dasgupta, Sagnik Zhong, Ruohan Druffel, Thad Dharmadasa, Ruvini Applied Physics Materials Science Copper fire-through metallization is a cost-effective alternative to Ag counterpart for industrial high efficiency solar cells. The fire through dielectric metallization relies on belt speed, which dictates the ramp up and ramp down rates for effective contact formation. In this paper three belt speeds (325oC, 360oC, 390oC) at constant peak firing temperature, were used to process PERC (homogeneous emitter) cells. After the contact firing the electrical parameters were dependent on belt speed, but after LECO treatment, they were identical. The SEM/EDS cross sectional analyses showed increased elemental Cu with belt speed, and the series resistance was lowest for the middle belt speed before LECO. However, after the LECO treatment, the series resistance dropped, respectively, to 0.503 ohm-cm-2, 0.428 ohm-cm-2 and 0.500 ohm-cm-2 leading to efficiency of 20.8% on homogeneous PERC emitter. |
| title | Neutralization of the impact of belt speed on screen printed copper metallization by LECO on PERC homogeneous emitter |
| topic | Applied Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.20506 |