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@ARTICLE{Yacouba:1048983,
author = {Yacouba, Mohamed Issifi and Lambertz, Andreas and Liu,
Yanxin and Gattermann, Henrike and Lauterbach, Volker and
Bittkau, Karsten and Rau, Uwe and Ding, Kaining},
title = {{A}chieving {H}igh {E}fficiencies for {S}ilicon
{H}eterojunction {S}olar {C}ells {U}sing {S}ilver‐{F}ree
{M}etallization},
journal = {Progress in photovoltaics},
volume = {33},
number = {11},
issn = {1062-7995},
address = {Chichester},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-05078},
pages = {1223 - 1235},
year = {2025},
abstract = {This work investigates the influence of the metallization
of low-temperature Cu paste and AgCu paste on the
performance of SHJ solar cells through a comprehensive study
of two techniques—screen printing (SP) and dispensing. The
research successfully applied Cu and AgCu pastes as metal
contacts on SHJ solar cells, yielding promising results.
Notably, cells with AgCu paste SP on the front side and Ag
paste SP on the rear side achieved a $0.13\%$ efficiency
gain over reference Ag SP bifacial cells. Moreover, cells
with AgCu paste SP on the front side and Cu paste SP on the
rear side reached an efficiency of $23.6\%,$ just $0.35\%$
lower than the reference cells, while saving approximately
$70\%$ of Ag paste. Cells with Cu paste SP on both sides
recorded an average efficiency of $22.4\%$ and a maximum of
$23.08\%,$ the highest efficiency reported for cells using
Cu SP on both sides (zero Ag). Cells with Cu dispensing on
the rear side also demonstrated superior performance
compared to cells with Cu SP on the rear side. Along, we
assessed the finger-printed characteristics of the three
pastes and the performance of SHJ solar cells under various
annealing conditions including the Cu annealing conditions
(300°C for 5 s). The solar cells maintained stable
performance up to 280°C for 5 s, with degradation
observed above this temperature, and light soaking partially
recovered some of the efficiency loss. A $0.2\%$ drop
persisted under Cu annealing conditions, but light soaking
reversed this effect back to the original efficiency. This
work advances SHJ solar cell technology by highlighting the
potential of AgCu and Cu pastes to efficiently replace or
reduce Ag paste consumption in SHJ solar cell
metallization.},
cin = {IMD-3},
ddc = {690},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IMD-3-20101013},
pnm = {1213 - Cell Design and Development (POF4-121)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1213},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.1002/pip.70016},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1048983},
}