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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Steven Dale Ittel, Wilmington, DE (US);
John Graeme Pepin, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven Dale Ittel, Wilmington, DE (US);
John Graeme Pepin, Raleigh, NC (US);
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A conductive paste composition contains a source of an electrically conductive metal, a fusible material, a synthetic clay additive, and an optional etchant additive, dispersed in an organic medium. An article such as a photovoltaic cell is formed by a process having the steps of deposition of the paste composition on a semiconductor substrate by a process such as screen printing and firing the paste to remove the organic medium and sinter the metal and fusible material. The synthetic clay additive aids in establishing a low resistance electrical contact between the front side metallization and underlying semiconductor substrate during firing.