Inkjet Printed Top Contacts for Sustainable Solar Cells

Oliver Rigby; Bethany Willis; Prabeesh Punathil; Giray Kartopu; Matthew Naylor; Maarten van der Vlauten; Remi Aninat; Veronique Gevaerts; Vincent Barrioz; Guillaume Zoppi; Neil Beattie

doi:10.1109/pvsc57443.2024.10748850

Inkjet Printed Top Contacts for Sustainable Solar Cells

Oliver Rigby, Bethany Willis, Prabeesh Punathil, Giray Kartopu, Matthew Naylor, Maarten van der Vlauten, Remi Aninat, Veronique Gevaerts, Vincent Barrioz, Guillaume Zoppi, Neil Beattie

Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

An inkjet printer is used to deposit silver (Ag) nanoparticle inks for use as top contacts on CIGS photovoltaic devices. Deposition and post-deposition treatments are optimized. The J-V characteristics of devices with inkjet printed Ag contacts are compared to devices with electron beam evaporated contacts with similar performance. A life-cycle analysis study is also performed to determine the quantitative environmental impacts of using inkjet printing and it is found that the electricity usage is the greatest source, while replacing silver with copper is shown to have the next greatest contribution.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1664-1664
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665464260
ISBN (Print)	9781665475822
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc57443.2024.10748850
Publication status	Published - 9 Jun 2024
Event	2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) - Seattle, United States Duration: 9 Jun 2024 → 14 Jun 2024 Conference number: 52

Conference

Conference	2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
Abbreviated title	PVSC
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle
Period	9/06/24 → 14/06/24

Keywords

Photovoltaic systems
Performance evaluation
Silver
Electron beams
Photovoltaic cells
Electricity
Nanoscale devices
Inkjet printing
Printers
Copper

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Rigby, O , Willis, B , Punathil, P , Kartopu, G, Naylor, M, van der Vlauten, M, Aninat, R, Gevaerts, V, Barrioz, V , Zoppi, G & Beattie, N 2024, Inkjet Printed Top Contacts for Sustainable Solar Cells. in 2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC). IEEE, pp. 1664-1664, 2024 IEEE 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), Seattle, Washington, United States, 9/06/24. https://doi.org/10.1109/pvsc57443.2024.10748850

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