Multi-Platform Software for Electrical and Microstructural Analysis of Silicon Solar Cell Metallization.

Małgorzata Musztyfaga-Staszuk, Dušan Pudiš, Rafał Honysz

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Małgorzata Musztyfaga-StaszukMaterials Investigating Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18A Street, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7640-267X

Dušan PudišDepartment of Physics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Žilina, Univerzitná 8215/1, 010 26 Zilina, Slovakia.

Rafał HonyszDepartment of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Faculty of Mechanical Technology, Silesian University of Technology, Konarskiego 18A Street, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6040-0378

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International Visegrad Fund Visegrad Fund fellowship No. 62610111

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Abstract

This paper presents proprietary, multi-platform software developed in Python for analyzing the electrical and microstructural properties of silicon solar cell metallization. Utilizing a sample set of 20 commercial solar cells, electrical resistivity and contact resistance measurements obtained via the potential difference method were correlated with high-resolution topographic data from AFM, SEM, and CLSM. This process enabled the quantification of how specific features, such as surface roughness and finger height, directly influence electrical performance. The developed algorithms offer high-fidelity predictive capabilities, with relative errors below 4%. This "virtual laboratory" serves as a transformative research and educational tool, allowing for complex materials analysis while avoiding the necessity for destructive testing.

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confocal microscopyeducational softwareelectrical resistivitymetallizationmicrostructural characterizationsilicon solar cellsvirtual laboratory

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PMID42451799

DOI10.3390/ma19132717

PMCPMC13363410

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