Synthesis of a Lead- and Particle-free Metal-organic Ink for Front Side Metallization of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Tamari, Yaara; Gautrein, Aline; Schmiga, Christian; Binder, S.; Glatthaar, Markus; Glunz, Stefan W.

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.08.049

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“…The AJP nanoparticle ink was used to produce a high-quality electrical and mechanical contact with the silicon solar cell, while the light-induced plating process provided a higher conductivity finger for more efficient transfer of charge. Fraunhofer ISE have continued to develop the seed-plating process through investigation of scale-up [34] and material development [35,36]. Functional circuitry using only AJP followed shortly after when Padovani at al.…”

Section: Interconnectsmentioning

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A review of aerosol jet printing—a non-traditional hybrid process for micro-manufacturing

Wilkinson

Smith

Kay

et al. 2019

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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Aerosol Jet Printing (AJP) is an emerging contactless direct write approach aimed at the production of fine features on a wide range of substrates. Originally developed for the manufacture of electronic circuitry, the technology has been explored for a range of applications, including, active and passive electronic components, actuators, sensors, as well as a variety of selective chemical and biological responses. Freeform deposition, coupled with a relatively large stand-off distance, is enabling researchers to produce devices with increased geometric complexity compared to conventional manufacturing or more commonly used direct write approaches. Wide material compatibility, high resolution and independence of orientation have provided novelty in a number of applications when AJP is conducted as a digitally driven approach for integrated manufacture. This overview of the technology will summarise the underlying principles of AJP, review applications of the technology and discuss the hurdles to more widespread industry adoption. Finally, this paper will hypothesise where gains may be realised through this assistive manufacturing process.

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Section: Interconnectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of aerosol jet printing—a non-traditional hybrid process for micro-manufacturing

Wilkinson

Smith

Kay

et al. 2019

Int J Adv Manuf Technol

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“…An overview of the AJP apparatus and process is illustrated in Figure 1B . AJP has been applied to print a diverse range of materials including polymers, metal nanoparticles, ceramics, and proteins ( De Silva et al, 2006 ; Holthaus and Rezwan, 2008 ; Grunwald et al, 2010 ; Maiwald et al, 2010 ; Hegge et al, 2011 ; Tamari et al, 2014 ; Rahman et al, 2016 ; Zare Bidoky and Frisbie, 2016 ; Phuah et al, 2020 ; Williams et al, 2020 ).…”

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Digitally Driven Aerosol Jet Printing to Enable Customisable Neuronal Guidance

Capel

Smith

Taccola

et al. 2021

Front. Cell Dev. Biol.

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Digitally driven manufacturing technologies such as aerosol jet printing (AJP) can make a significant contribution to enabling new capabilities in the field of tissue engineering disease modeling and drug screening. AJP is an emerging non-contact and mask-less printing process which has distinct advantages over other patterning technologies as it offers versatile, high-resolution, direct-write deposition of a variety of materials on planar and non-planar surfaces. This research demonstrates the ability of AJP to print digitally controlled patterns that influence neuronal guidance. These consist of patterned poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) tracks on both glass and poly(potassium 3-sulfopropyl methacrylate) (PKSPMA) coated glass surfaces, promoting selective adhesion of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells. The cell attractive patterns had a maximum height ≥0.2 μm, width and half height ≥15 μm, Ra = 3.5 nm, and RMS = 4.1. The developed biocompatible PEDOT:PSS ink was shown to promote adhesion, growth and differentiation of SH-SY5Y neuronal cells. SH-SY5Y cells cultured directly onto these features exhibited increased nuclei and neuronal alignment on both substrates. In addition, the cell adhesion to the substrate was selective when cultured onto the PKSPMA surfaces resulting in a highly organized neural pattern. This demonstrated the ability to rapidly and flexibly realize intricate and accurate cell patterns by a computer controlled process.

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“…Depending on the viscosity of the ink and the required printing performance for the application, ultrasonic or pneumatic atomization can be used, allowing the printing of liquid materials with a wide viscosity range (1-1000 cP). Examples of materials used to date include polymers, metal nanoparticles, ceramics, and proteins [21][22][23][24][25][26][27] . In the field of magnetic materials, Craton et al recently reported the use of AJP for the deposition of nickel-zinc ferrite nanoparticles/ polyimide nanocomposites for microwave packaging applications 28 .…”

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Micro-scale aerosol jet printing of superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticle patterns

Taccola

Veiga

Chandler

et al. 2022

Sci Rep

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The opportunity to create different patterns of magnetic nanoparticles on surfaces is highly desirable across many technological and biomedical applications. In this paper, this ability is demonstrated for the first time using a computer-controlled aerosol jet printing (AJP) technology. AJP is an emerging digitally driven, non-contact and mask-less printing process which has distinguishing advantages over other patterning technologies as it offers high-resolution and versatile direct-write deposition of a wide range of materials onto a variety of substrates. This research demonstrates the ability of AJP to reliably print large-area, fine-feature patterns of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) onto both rigid material (glass) and soft and flexible materials (polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films and poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) nanofilms). Investigation identified and controlled influential process variables which permitted feature sizes in the region of 20 μm to be realised. This method could be employed for a wide range of applications that require a flexible and responsive process that permits high yield and rapid patterning of magnetic material over large areas. As a first proof of concept, we present patterned magnetic nanofilms with enhanced manipulability under external magnetic field gradient control and which are capable of performing complex movements such as rotation and bending, with applicability to soft robotics and biomedical engineering applications.

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Synthesis of a Lead- and Particle-free Metal-organic Ink for Front Side Metallization of Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

Cited by 8 publications

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A review of aerosol jet printing—a non-traditional hybrid process for micro-manufacturing

A review of aerosol jet printing—a non-traditional hybrid process for micro-manufacturing

Digitally Driven Aerosol Jet Printing to Enable Customisable Neuronal Guidance

Micro-scale aerosol jet printing of superparamagnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticle patterns

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