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Preparation of novel lead-free Ag-doped glass frit for polycrystalline silicon solar cells by sol-gel method

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A novel Ag-doped glass frit is prepared by the sol-gel method. Nitrogen adsorption-desorption isotherms indicate that the frit has a large BET surface area and a small particle size which promotes front contact metallization. When the glass frit is used for the front contact electrode of polycrystalline silicon solar cells (pc-Si solar cells), it exhibits excellent wettability and etching results on the SiNx layer and the Si substrate. The pc-Si solar cells with the as-prepared frit has a better photoelectric conversion efficiency (18.2%) and is 0.8% higher than the solar cells using the conventional frit, which is due to the frit will produce a lot of Ag nanocrystals at the interface of the glass layer, promoting the formation of excellent ohmic contact between the Ag electrode and n-Si layer, and reducing the contact resistance of solar cells.

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We acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21601144), Scientific Research Fund of Shanxi Provincial Education Department (No. 18JK0799), Xi’an science and technology project-Engineering programme of University and Institute talents servicing Enterprise (2017085CG/RC048 (XBDX005)) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (No. 2017JM2025) and the Foundation of the Education Committee of Shaanxi Province (No. 19JK0861).

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  1. State Key Lab Incubation Base of Photoelectric Technology and Functional Materials, International Collaborative Center on Photoelectric Technology and Nano Functional Materials, Institute of Photonics & Photon-Technology, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710069, People’s Republic of China

    Bo Zhou, Shenghua Ma & Jintao Bai

  2. Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Northwest University, Xi’an, 710127, People’s Republic of China

    Chunting Cui & Hui Wang

  3. Shaanxi Joint Lab of Graphene (NWU), Xi’an, 710127, People’s Republic of China

    Bo Zhou, Chunting Cui, Shenghua Ma, Jintao Bai & Hui Wang

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Zhou, B., Cui, C., Ma, S. et al. Preparation of novel lead-free Ag-doped glass frit for polycrystalline silicon solar cells by sol-gel method. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 1461–1471 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02660-8

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