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Silicon Ink Is Useful in Solar Cells

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 11, 2011 — A special ink that can suspend silicon nanoparticles evenly in a solution is proving useful in solar cell production. The silicon ink can lay down precise microns-thick lines that are needed to dope the silicon emitter exactly under the front metal contacts, which make the solar cell work. Dopants, or impurities, are used to change the conductivity of silicon and to create the internal electric fields that are needed to turn photons into electrons and thus into electricity. One of the great challenges is to distribute the exact concentrations of dopants in precisely the correct...Read full article

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    Published: October 2011
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