M3D&reg Aerosol-Jet&reg for Front-Side Metallization of Crystalline Photovoltaic Cells

Stephen Barnes,
Optomec, United States
 
 
This presentation was given at Photovoltaics Beyond Conventional Silicon, USA 2008 on Jun 18, 2008.
 

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Presentation Summary

  • M3D Aerosol Jet, a solution to reduce PV production costs
  • Documented wafer efficiency improvement
  • Reduces both material cost and wafer breakage
  • Scaleable Technology

Speaker Biography

Stephen Barnes received a BSME from the University of New Mexico in 1993. He has extensive experience in micromachined actuators and optical structures in his capacity as a Research and Development Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories and MEMX. Currently he is a Senior Engineering Lead with Optomec, Inc. conducting advanced research and development in the area of Aerosol Jet(R) print systems for photovoltaic applications.

Company Profile

Optomec® is the world-leading provider of additive manufacturing systems for high-performance applications in the Electronics, Photovoltaic, and Aerospace & Defense markets. Optomec's Aerosol Jet ® Deposition System (formerly known as M3D) is a breakthrough additive technology enabling finer feature sizes than traditional ink-jetting and screen printing processes. The Aerosol Jet system utilizes an innovative aerodynamic focusing technology that produces electronic and physical structures with feature sizes down to 10 microns. The Aerosol Jet system supports a wide variety of materials including nanoparticle inks and screen-printing pastes, conductive polymers, insulators, adhesives, and even biological matter that can be accurately deposited onto non-planar substrates. Aerosol Jet is a registered trademark of Optomec, Inc.

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