Towards Sinter-free Printing of Photovoltaic Cell Interconnects

迈向光伏电池互连的免烧结印刷

• 批准号: EP/K008633/1
• 负责人: Christopher Sutcliffe
• 金额: $ 46.44万
• 依托单位: University of Liverpool
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK008633%2F1
• 关键词: Towards; Sinter; free; Printing; Photovoltaic

Metal thin films are used in a wide variety of technologies, such as solar cells and printed circuit boards for electronics. Inkjet printing has emerged as a practical and low-cost route for manufacturing electrical contacts in these applications. However existing manufacturing technologies use inks that often require a final heat treatment to consolidate or 'sinter' the film. If this last step can be eliminated, by depositing fully dense films, then the inkjet manufacturing process could be applied to temperature sensitive substrates like plastics or vulnerable semiconductor materials.The purpose of this project is to develop 'sinter-free' inkjet manufacturing processes, by taking ink precursors developed for other thin film processes, and exploiting them to use the significant benefits of inkjet process technology e.g. the direct writing of interconnects or wires. If successful, the project will represent a step-change in the manufacturing methods for this type of film.

金属薄膜用于各种技术，例如太阳能电池和电子产品的印刷电路板。喷墨印刷已经成为制造这些应用中的电触点的实用且低成本的途径。然而，现有的制造技术使用的油墨通常需要最终的热处理来固结或“烧结”膜。如果这最后一步可以通过沉积完全致密的薄膜来消除，那么喷墨制造工艺就可以应用于塑料或脆弱的半导体材料等温度敏感基材。该项目的目的是开发“无烧结”喷墨制造工艺，通过采用为其他薄膜工艺开发的油墨前体，并利用它们来利用喷墨处理技术的显著优点，例如互连或导线的直接写入。如果成功，该项目将代表这种类型的电影的制造方法的一个步骤的变化。

项目成果

Comparative study of conventional vs. one-step-interconnected (OSI) monolithic CdTe modules

传统与一步互连 (OSI) 单片 CdTe 模块的比较研究

• DOI: 10.1080/14328917.2015.1117181
• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: Materials Research Innovations
• 作者: Kartopu G