PROPRESS - Productionising Printing Enhancements to Silicon Solar Cells

PROPRESS计划旨在大幅节省太阳能电池电极的生产成本。目前，银由于其高导电性和优异的化学相容性而主要用作电极材料。然而，近年来银的成本显著增加，增加了寻找更经济的替代品同时保持电池寿命和性能的动力。该计划旨在使用替代纳米墨水技术提供集成的创新电极结构。这些纳米油墨与新型固化和快速印刷工艺相结合，将显著降低成本，但也将延长电池寿命并提高效率。其目的是开发这些墨水与实验演示显示增加性能超过传统的电极结构。该财团由杰出的专业合作伙伴-纳雷克太阳能和C-Tech创新有限公司，Intrinsiq Materials领导该项目，并提供其新型纳米油墨和颗粒烧结专业知识。

The PROPRESS programme is aiming to deliver significant cost savings in the production of solar-cell electrodes. Currently silver is predominantly used as an electrode material due to its high conductivity and excellent chemical compatibility. However, silver has increased in cost significantly over recent years increasing the drive to find more economic alternatives whilst retaining cell lifetime and performance. The programme aims to deliver an integrated innovative electrode structure using alternative nano ink technologies. These nanoinks combined with novel curing and fast printing processes, will offer significant cost reductions, but will also increase cell life and increase efficiency. The aim will be to develop these inks with an experimental demonstrator showing increased performance over conventional electrode structures. The consortium consists of distinguished specialist partners – Narec Solar and C-Tech Innovation Ltd., with Intrinsiq Materials leading the programme and providing their novel nanoink and particle sintering expertise.