Direct Laser Patterned Electroplated Copper Contacts for Interdigitated Back Contact Silicon Solar Cells

Autor: Kevin D. Dobson, Ugochukwu Nsofor, Zeming Sun, Mool C. Gupta, Steven Hegedus, Arpan Sinha, Ujjwal Das
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: 2019 IEEE 46th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC).
DOI: 10.1109/pvsc40753.2019.8981365
Popis: Laser patterning of seed layers for Cu electroplated interdigitated contacts on Ni/a-SiN x :H/Si substrates is presented. Damage was controlled by varying the laser conditions. Cu growths shorted the contacts due to conductive residues in the scribe lines, but were attenuated with pre-deposition etching yielding electrically-isolated plated fingers. Parasitically-plated Cu stripes were now observed in laser cuts, postulated due to Cu nucleation from high current densities at pinholes originating from laser and etch damage to the resistive a-SiN x :H. While a promising approach for contact processing, laser conditions must be carefully optimized to minimize substrate damage.
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