Advanced Screen-Printable Thin-Film PV Front-Side Silver Conductor Compositions

Mr Vince Arancio, Technical Specialist - Microcircuit Materials
DuPont (UK), United Kingdom
 
 
This presentation was given at Photovoltaics Beyond Conventional Silicon Europe 2009 on Apr 08, 2009.
 

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Presentation Summary

  • Development of Front Side Ag compositions for CIGS and other thin film PV cells.
  • Processing and Performance data - to include contact resistivity on ITO
  • Reliability studies at 85°C/85% RH

Speaker Biography

Vince Arancio graduated from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, with an Electronic Engineering degree. He worked in the semi-conductor industry with Texas Instruments, before joining DuPont Microcircuit Materials Division in 1978. With 30yrs experience providing technical support in a variety of industries, Vince has worked with many technologies including ceramic based thick film hybrids and more recently Printed Electronics. Vince is a senior Technical Specialist, managing the European region with expertise in thin film Photovoltaics and other low temperature applications such as Biomedical Sensors, Electroluminescent Lamps and printed RFID Antenna.

Company Profile

DuPont Microcircuit Materials has 40 years of experience in the development, manufacture and sale of specialised ink compositions for a wide variety of electronic applications in the display, photovoltaic, automotive, biomedical, industrial and telecommunications markets. The company holds a lead position in these markets with success based on close customer relationships and a comprehensive worldwide support infrastructure. Utilising core expertise such as materials science, chemistry and fine particle technology, the inks are used on a wide variety of substrates suitable for many new Printed Electronics applications, for example DuPont™ Solamet® Ag inks for thin film photovoltaics. mcm.dupont.com