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Characterization of Metallic Micro(Nano)cluster-Based Contacts for High-Effective Photovoltaic Devices

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We present unique results on methods for producing electric contacts on the illuminated side of solar cells based on novel wet chemical processes [1]. We are describing about the copper–nickel–tin deposition on the silver pores in contradiction of the rule based on the standard electrode potentials (or the electrochemical series). The special feature of this process is the deposition of metal from a water solution on a silver surface and pores under the action of intrinsic electrical fields in solar cell absorber. Silver technologies are widely used for manufacture of crystalline silicon-based photovoltaic devices [2]. The role of small particles in solar cells was described previously [3]. The inclusion of nanoparticles into pores of photon absorbers increases their efficiency. Copper micro(nano)clusters were chemically introduced into pores of a silver contact. They changed the electrical properties of the contact: the dark current, which is unknown for metals, was detected [4]. The experimental data on electrical properties of the structures fabricated by the technique mentioned above are discussed in the framework of semiclassical nanoscaled metal–semiconductor junctions.

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  1. New Russian University, Moscow, Russia

    Viktor Laptev

  2. University of Stuttgart, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    Halyna Khlyap

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  1. Materials Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

    Mahmood Aliofkhazraei

  2. Department of Surface Engineering, Central of Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, Cairo, Egypt

    Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf

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Laptev, V., Khlyap, H. (2015). Characterization of Metallic Micro(Nano)cluster-Based Contacts for High-Effective Photovoltaic Devices. In: Aliofkhazraei, M., Makhlouf, A. (eds) Handbook of Nanoelectrochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15207-3_49-1

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