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Study on Front Side Metallization of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells Using a Screw Pumped Dispenser

스크류 펌프 디스펜싱 인쇄를 이용한 결정질 실리콘 태양전지 전면전극 제작에 대한 연구

  • 정혜욱 (부경대학교 인쇄공학과) ;
  • 신동윤 (부경대학교 인쇄공학과)
  • Received : 2016.12.17
  • Accepted : 2017.02.24
  • Published : 2017.05.01
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Abstract

Finger electrodes on a crystalline silicon solar cell are required to be constructed as narrow and thick as possible in order to minimize shading losses and electrical resistance. The most common means to construct high-aspect ratio finger electrodes has been screen-printing, but it has difficulty achieving fine finger electrodes because the as-printed finger width is generally wider by 1.3-2.2 times the screen opening width. Consequently, it requires an extremely small screen opening (below $30{\mu}m$) in order to achieve a finger width below $40{\mu}m$. However, the use of such a small screen opening could result in various problems, such as high printing pressure, defective transport of silver paste, and high electrical resistance due to unfavorable mesh marks left on the finger electrodes. In this study, dispensing printing with a screw pump is introduced as an alternative to conventional screen-printing and its unique traits in the front side metallization of crystalline silicon solar cells is discussed.

결정질 실리콘 태양전지의 전면전극은 수광면적을 극대화하면서도 전기적 저항을 최소화하기 위하여 미세하면서도 높은 종횡비로 형성되어야 한다. 기존의 전면전극 형성공정은 스크린 인쇄가 이용되었으나, 스크린 제판 개구부의 선폭보다 인쇄된 전극의 선폭이 1.3~2.2 배 넓게 형성되는 문제 때문에 $40{\mu}m$ 급 미만의 미세전극을 형성하기 위해서는 스크린 제판의 개구부는 $30{\mu}m$ 이하여야 한다. 그러나, 개구부가 미세화될수록 인쇄압력의 증가, 실버 페이스트 전이 불량률 상승 및 메쉬 마크로 인한 전극의 전기적 저항 상승과 같은 문제들이 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 스크린 인쇄를 대체하기 위한 차세대 인쇄방식으로서 스크류 펌프방식의 디스펜싱 인쇄를 소개하고, 기존 인쇄방식과 차별화되는 점들에 대해 논의하도록 한다.

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