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Reactive silver inks: a path to solar cells with 82% less silver

Michael Martinez‐Szewczyk, Steven DiGregorio, Owen Hildreth, Mariana I. Bertoni

2024Energy & Environmental Science11 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

ITRPV silver consumption of standard low-temperature and high-temperature paste as compared to reactive silver ink. As little as 16.4 mg of silver is consumed when a busbarless cell is metallized with reactive silver ink.

Topics & Concepts

Materials scienceInkwellSilver nanoparticleScreen printingReactive dyeChemical engineeringComposite materialNanotechnologyNanoparticleDyeingEngineeringSilicon and Solar Cell TechnologiesThin-Film Transistor TechnologiesPhotovoltaic System Optimization Techniques