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- Title
Capillary flow of amorphous metal for high performance electrode.
- Authors
Se Yun Kim; Suk Jun Kim; Sang Soo Jee; Jin Man Park; Keum Hwan Park; Sung Chan Park; Eun Ae Cho; Jun Ho Lee; In Yong Song; Sang Mock Lee; In Taek Han; Ka Ram Lim; Won Tae Kim; Ju Cheol Park; Eckert, Jürgen; Do Hyang Kim; Eun-Sung Lee
- Abstract
Metallic glass (MG) assists electrical contact of screen-printed silver electrodes and leads to comparable electrode performance to that of electroplated electrodes. For high electrode performance, MG needs to be infiltrated into nanometer-scale cavities between Ag particles and reacts with them. Here, we show that the MG in the supercooled state can fill the gap between Ag particles within a remarkably short time due to capillary effect. The flow behavior of the MG is revealed by computational fluid dynamics and density funtional theory simulation. Also, we suggest the formation mechanism of the Ag electrodes, and demonstrate the criteria ofMGfor higher electrode performance. Consequently, when Al85Ni5Y8Co2MGis added in the Ag electrodes, cell efficiency is enhanced up to 20.30% which is the highest efficiency reported so far for screen-printed interdigitated back contact solar cells. These results show the possibility for the replacement of electroplating process to screen-printing process.
- Subjects
ELECTRODES; ELECTRIC resistors; FLUID dynamics; ELECTROPLATING; SUPERCOOLED liquids
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2013, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/srep02185