Formation of nickel and palladium silicides by a short-pulse light-flash and its application in the metallization of solar cells
Abstract
Silicon-rich compounds which are not producible by conventional furnace annealing can be formed by a short-pulse light-flash. Inhomogeneous reaction, cellular solidification, and small diffusion depth of the metal atoms, resulting from the fast liquid-to-solid quench process, are characteristic of flash-lamp induced silicides. Electroless-nickel plated solar cells after sintering with a light-flash show comparable I-V characteristics as such as obtained by the expensive Ti-Pd-Ag alloy method.
- Publication:
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Solid State Electronics
- Pub Date:
- August 1983
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0038-1101(83)90043-6
- Bibcode:
- 1983SSEle..26..787L
- Keywords:
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- Ion Scattering;
- Metallizing;
- Silicides;
- Solar Cells;
- Annealing;
- Backscattering;
- Energy Technology;
- Flash Lamps;
- Metal Films;
- Nickel Compounds;
- Palladium Compounds;
- Reaction Kinetics;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Solid-State Physics