The University of Central Florida (UCF) was awarded a $1,868,887 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The primary objective of this 2-year project is to develop a printable copper metallization process that outperforms conventional silver pastes for silicon heterojunction photovoltaic (PV) cells. The team aims to achieve PV cell efficiencies of at least 22.0%, copper bulk resistivity less than 5 mOhm-cm, copper/ITO contact resistivity less than 10 mOhm-cm2, and copper line widths under 40 microns. The project also involves disseminating research findings to the PV R&D community through journal articles and conference presentations.
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