CN115083659A - Conductive paste for laser transfer printing, and preparation method and application thereof - Google Patents

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CN115083659A
CN115083659A CN202210859538.2A CN202210859538A CN115083659A CN 115083659 A CN115083659 A CN 115083659A CN 202210859538 A CN202210859538 A CN 202210859538A CN 115083659 A CN115083659 A CN 115083659A
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The invention discloses conductive paste for laser transfer printing, and a preparation method and application thereof. The conductive paste comprises conductive powder, glass powder and an organic carrier, wherein the organic carrier comprises silicone oil, a high-molecular binder and a low-boiling-point solvent; in the conductive slurry, the mass fraction of the silicone oil is 0.2-1.5%, the mass fraction of the high molecular binder is 0.2-2.0%, the mass fraction of the low boiling point solvent is 2.0-5.0%, and the boiling point is lower than 250 ℃. The conductive paste provided by the invention better balances the vapor pressure, the adhesive force and the capability of falling off from the carrier plate, can be well matched with laser transfer printing, has better transfer capability and ensures the printing performance on one hand, and has excellent wire take-up capability on the other hand, so that the height-width ratio of a grid line is improved; compared with the conventional screen printing process, the PA of the prepared grid line electrode can be reduced by more than 10%, and meanwhile, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be improved by more than 0.1%.

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Conductive paste for laser transfer printing, and preparation method and application thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of conductive paste, in particular to conductive paste for laser transfer printing, and a preparation method and application thereof.
Background
The laser transfer printing is to fill slurry on a transparent carrier plate with specially designed grooves, and transfer the slurry from the grooves of the carrier plate to the surface of the battery through high-power laser beam scanning.
The application range of laser transfer printing is very wide, for example, in the field of solar cell preparation, compared with the mainstream traditional screen printing technology of solar cells, the grid line prepared by the laser transfer printing technology has the following advantages: (1) the shading area of the grid line can be obviously reduced, so that the photoelectric conversion efficiency is improved; (2) the use amount of the slurry can be obviously reduced; (3) the method is a non-contact technology, and can effectively reduce the fragment rate.
According to Pattern Transfer Printing (PTP) TM ) As disclosed in the article for c-Si solar cell sizing, the process of laser transfer printing is mainly based on two stages from the process principle and steps: 1) filling printing material, namely filling the prepared slurry on the groove of the transparent carrier plate. Like screen printing, the grooves are filled with paste by a squeegee, which will completely cover the grooves. 2) Transfer of printing material: and inverting the carrier plate filled with the slurry, wherein the filled slurry faces downwards and is arranged above the photovoltaic cell. Laser irradiates the back surface of the transparent carrier plate, the laser irradiates the transparent carrier plate, heat is conducted to the contact surface of the slurry and the groove of the carrier plate, the slurry absorbs heat, so that part of the solvent is evaporated and steam is formed in the closed space. When the steam pressure is larger than the adhesive force between the slurry and the carrier plate, the slurry and the carrier plate are separated and fall off, and the opposite position of the surface of the photovoltaic cell is transferred to form the grid line electrode.
However, in practical applications, the laser transfer printing technology has a high technical barrier, which is embodied in how the slurry parameters are adapted to the laser conditions. For example, when the laser power is too low, the laser energy is transmitted to the contact surface of the carrier and the slurry, the vapor pressure generated by the heat absorption and evaporation of the slurry is less than the adhesive force of the slurry, and finally the slurry cannot be separated from the carrier, so that the grid breakage problem is easily generated. When the laser power is too high, the generated steam pressure is too large, the shape of the contact surface is changed, and more fragments are generated by the slurry; in addition, the slurry obtains excessive acceleration and impacts the surface of the battery piece, the line width of the grid line is increased, and even the grid is broken.
Therefore, under the ideal condition, the laser energy is reasonable power when the vapor pressure generated by the slurry is slightly larger than the adhesive force between the slurry and the carrier plate. However, because different slurry ratios have differences in solvent evaporation capacity (vapor pressure difference), adhesion between the slurry and the carrier, and slip ability of the slurry in the grooves of the template, the prior art still cannot realize wide application of laser transfer printing.
The skilled person has made some efforts to address the above problems, but all are based on improvements to the process of laser transfer itself: for example, chinese patent nos. CN110690300B and CN113130672A are focused on optimizing the process conditions of laser transfer printing itself, including laser irradiation intensity and time, patterning template structure, and the like.
However, no specific technical scheme is disclosed for how to adjust and optimize the formula of the slurry according to the material composition and performance characteristics of the slurry, so that the slurry can exert the greatest advantage by matching with the laser transfer printing process conditions.
It should be noted that, in order to facilitate understanding of technical solutions of the present invention by those skilled in the art, the background of the present invention includes some prior arts and analysis and discovery of problems of the prior arts by the inventors, and all the contents of the background of the present invention should not be regarded as technical contents which have been disclosed, and problems of the prior arts and causes and/or solution directions of the problems may be firstly proposed by the inventors rather than directly taught or suggested by the disclosed prior arts.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention aims to provide conductive paste for laser transfer printing, and a preparation method and application thereof.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention comprises the following steps:
in a first aspect, the present invention provides a conductive paste for laser transfer printing, including conductive powder, glass powder and an organic carrier, where the organic carrier includes silicone oil, a polymer binder and a low-boiling point solvent;
in the conductive paste, the mass fraction of the silicone oil is 0.2-1.5%, the mass fraction of the high molecular binder is 0.2-2.0%, and the mass fraction of the low boiling point solvent is 2.0-5.0%;
the low boiling point solvent has a boiling point of less than 250 ℃.
In a second aspect, the present invention further provides a method for preparing the conductive paste, including:
fully stirring and mixing the conductive powder, the glass powder and the organic carrier to obtain a paste composition;
rolling and grinding the paste composition to a fineness of 10 μm or less to obtain a slurry precursor;
and filtering and dispersing the slurry precursor to obtain the conductive slurry for laser transfer printing.
In a third aspect, the invention also provides application of the conductive paste in laser transfer printing. In particular to the application of laser transfer printing in the preparation of solar cell grid lines.
In a fourth aspect, the invention further provides a solar cell, which includes a substrate and a gate line formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the gate line is formed by laser transfer printing of the conductive paste.
Based on the technical scheme, compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that at least:
the conductive paste provided by the invention forms an organic carrier through silicone oil, a high-molecular binder and a low-boiling point solvent, the vapor pressure of the conductive paste under laser irradiation is well balanced, the adhesive force between the conductive paste and a substrate and the falling capability of the conductive paste from a carrier plate can be well matched with a laser transfer printing process, and on one hand, the conductive paste has good capability of transferring from a patterned template to a silicon wafer substrate, so that the printing performance is ensured, on the other hand, the conductive paste has excellent wire taking-up capability, and the height-width ratio of a printed grid line is improved;
compared with the conventional screen printing process, the grid line electrode of the solar cell prepared by the conductive paste provided by the invention through the laser transfer printing process has the advantages that the Paste Amount (PA) required by printing each cell can be reduced by more than 10%, and meanwhile, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be improved by more than 0.1%.
The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and in order to enable those skilled in the art to more clearly understand the technical solutions of the present invention and to implement them according to the content of the description, the following description is made with reference to the preferred embodiments of the present invention and the detailed drawings.
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In view of the deficiencies in the prior art, the inventors of the present invention have made extensive studies and extensive practices to provide technical solutions of the present invention. The technical solution, its implementation and principles, etc. will be further explained as follows.
In order to solve the technical problems, the embodiment of the invention adopts a technical scheme that the conductive paste applied to solar cell laser transfer metallization is provided, on one hand, the conductive paste has better capability of transferring from a patterned template to a silicon wafer substrate so as to ensure printability, and on the other hand, the conductive paste has excellent wire take-up capability, the height-width ratio of a printed grid line is improved, the cell efficiency is improved, and the paste consumption is reduced.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.
Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a conductive paste for laser transfer printing, including conductive powder, glass frit, and an organic vehicle, where the organic vehicle includes silicone oil, a polymer binder, and a low-boiling point solvent; in the conductive paste, the mass fraction of the silicone oil is 0.2-1.5%, the mass fraction of the high molecular binder is 0.2-2.0%, and the mass fraction of the low boiling point solvent is 2.0-5.0%; the low boiling point solvent has a boiling point of less than 250 ℃.
As some typical application examples of the technical scheme, the invention specifically exemplifies a laser transfer conductive paste for a solar cell, which comprises silver powder, glass powder and an organic carrier. The organic vehicle comprises at least one of silicone oil, high molecular weight cellulose (EC) and (PVB) resin, and a low boiling point solvent. Also, the organic vehicle may further include a thixotropic agent, a dispersant, a high boiling point solvent, and a polymer resin.
In some embodiments, the silicone oil comprises one or a combination of two or more of polydimethylsiloxane, polymethylphenylsiloxane, polyether polysiloxane copolymer, aminosiloxane.
In some embodiments, the silicone oil has a viscosity of from 10mpa.s to 5000 mpa.s.
As some typical application examples, the preferred silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane, also called dimethicone, which has a viscosity of preferably 100-2000 mPas and a mass fraction of 0.3-1.0%; the dimethyl silicone oil has a good demolding effect, can help the slurry to be better transferred from the patterning template to the battery piece substrate, and meanwhile, the dimethyl silicone oil can also achieve the effect of adjusting the viscosity and rheological property of the conductive slurry, the addition amount is too small, so that the slurry is difficult to slide from the support plate to break the grid in the laser transfer process, the addition amount is too large, the excessive transfer of the slurry and the widening of the grid line are caused, and the aspect ratio is influenced.
In some embodiments, the polymeric binder comprises any one or a combination of two of ethyl cellulose, polyvinyl butyral.
In some embodiments, the ethylcellulose has a weight average molecular weight of 50000 or greater.
In some embodiments, the weight average molecular weight of the ethylcellulose is 50000-200000.
In some embodiments, the polyvinyl butyral has a hydroxyl value of 10 to 25%.
In the technical scheme, the EC and the PVB have good solvent compatibility, are convenient to disperse in the slurry, have excellent adhesion to the surface of a silicon wafer, can help the slurry transfer, are beneficial to elastic fracture of a template subjected to laser transfer printing during the slurry transfer, and help the slurry transfer to the silicon wafer, and particularly for a laser transfer printing process, compared with the traditional screen printing process, the EC and/or the PVB which are preferably used are a non-contact process, and need higher molecular weight or more polar functional groups to provide high adhesion to the silicon wafer substrate so as to enhance the adhesion between the EC and the PVB and the silicon wafer substrate.
The EC or PVB has more polar functional groups, provides cohesive force, enhances the adhesion effect of the EC or PVB and the silicon wafer substrate, and assists in the transfer of slurry. Meanwhile, the conductive paste has a coagulation effect, and the powder can be prevented from collapsing or flowing obviously during sintering.
EC is easier to be wound, so that the system is better and compact in agglomeration, and the linear broadening caused by the over-high content of pure silicone oil can be optimized. The PVB system contains sufficient hydroxyl functionality to provide strong adhesion to the substrate, while also reducing thixotropy and providing better flow properties. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is a combination of both EC and PVB, as the combination of both can better balance the ability to bond and take-up.
In some embodiments, the low boiling point solvent has a boiling point greater than 170 ℃.
In some embodiments, the low boiling point solvent comprises any one or a combination of two or more of dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl adipate, mixed dibasic acid esters, butyl diglycol acetate, and butyl diglycol monobutyl ether.
The low-boiling-point solvent has the function of generating vapor pressure in a closed space in the laser irradiation process to promote the separation of the slurry and the carrier plate, but the viscosity of the slurry in the continuous printing process is unstable due to too low boiling point or too much low-boiling-point solvent content, so that the final printing performance is influenced.
In some embodiments, the organic vehicle further comprises any one or a combination of two or more of a high boiling point solvent, a dispersant, a thixotropic agent, and a polymeric resin; wherein the boiling point of the high boiling point solvent is greater than 250 ℃.
The high-boiling-point solvent is used for further balancing the steam pressure of the slurry in the laser irradiation process, reducing the viscosity of the slurry and meeting the printing requirement. The dispersant is used for further providing the dispersing performance of the conductive paste and forming the stable and non-agglomerated high-solid-content conductive paste. The thixotropic agent is used for further improving the rheological property of the paste and enhancing the thixotropic property of the paste. The polymer resin is used for further improving the dispersion and coating of the conductive powder on the solid particles, preventing the particles from agglomerating, increasing the viscosity and plasticity of the slurry and adjusting the rheological property so as to meet the printing requirement of mass production.
In some embodiments, in the conductive paste, the mass fraction of the high boiling point solvent is 1 to 4%, the mass fraction of the dispersant is 0.1 to 1%, the mass fraction of the thixotropic agent is 0.2 to 2%, and the mass fraction of the polymer resin is 0.1 to 1%.
In some embodiments, the high boiling point solvent comprises a combination of one or more of ethyl 2-isobutoxybenzoate, triacetin, benzyl benzoate, ethylene glycol phenyl ether acetate, 2-octyldodecanol, propylene glycol phenyl ether, alcohol ester dodecanol, and alcohol ester hexadecanol.
In some embodiments, the dispersing agent comprises any one or a combination of two or more of tallow based propylene diamine oleate, stearates, lecithin, oleic acid, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and polyethylene glycol.
In some embodiments, the thixotropic agent comprises any one or a combination of two or more of hydrogenated castor oil, sodium polyamide, and fumed silica.
In some embodiments, the polymeric resin comprises any one or a combination of two or more of cellulose acetate butyrate, carboxymethyl cellulose, polyacrylate, rosin resin, polyurethane elastomer, polystyrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene elastomer, alpha toluene vinyl resin, polyester, phenolic resin, and pentaerythritol triacrylate.
In some embodiments, the conductive powder comprises a metal powder.
In some embodiments, the conductive powder has a mass fraction of 80-92% in the conductive paste, and in this range, the conductive powder may provide a better function of collecting photo-generated carriers. The mass fraction of the glass powder is 1-4%, and within the range, the glass powder has excellent sintering window and corrosion performance. The organic vehicle has a mass fraction of 3 to 15%, and within this range, the organic vehicle can provide electrode shaping ability and excellent continuous printability to the conductive paste.
The conductive powder is preferably silver powder, however, based on the principle of the present invention, the selection of the conductive powder and the glass powder does not have a critical influence on the laser transfer process, it can be understood that the important improvement of the present invention lies in the composition and the proportion of the organic vehicle, and the selectable range of the conductive powder is not limited to silver powder, and other materials such as aluminum powder, aluminum alloy powder and the like can be used as the selectable range of the conductive powder; the glass powder is used for etching silicon and forming a conductive interface, the selection range is wide, and commercial glass powder which is commercially available and self-made glass powder which is specially prepared for some improvement purposes are also within the protection range of the invention.
The embodiment of the present invention further provides a method for preparing conductive paste provided in any one of the above embodiments, including the following steps:
the conductive powder, the glass frit, and the organic vehicle were sufficiently stirred and mixed to obtain a paste composition.
Rolling and grinding the paste composition to a fineness of 10 μm or less to obtain a slurry precursor.
And filtering and dispersing the slurry precursor to obtain the conductive slurry for laser transfer printing.
As a more specific embodiment, the preparation method comprises the following steps of sequentially adding and mixing organic substances such as a solvent (comprising the high boiling point solvent and the low boiling point solvent), a thermoplastic resin (comprising the high molecular binder and the high molecular resin), silicone oil, a thixotropic agent, a dispersing agent and the like, glass powder and silver powder, stirring for 1-2 hours under high shearing force, repeatedly rolling the paste composition by using a three-roll mill, grinding the paste composition to conductive paste with the fineness of less than 10 μm, and filtering and dispersing the conductive paste by using a screen to obtain a finished product.
The embodiment of the invention also provides application of the conductive paste provided by any one of the above embodiments in preparing a grid line by laser transfer printing.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a solar cell, which comprises a substrate and a grid line formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the grid line is formed by coating the conductive paste provided by any one of the above embodiments on the substrate through laser transfer printing, and the substrate is preferably a silicon wafer substrate.
In some embodiments, the aspect ratio of the grid lines is above 60%.
The technical solution of the present invention is further described in detail by the following examples. However, the examples are chosen only for the purpose of illustrating the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention.
It should be noted that in the following examples 1 to 5 and comparative examples 1 to 4 of the present invention, the conductive paste was made using the following materials, and all of the examples and comparative examples maintained the same ratio of silver powder and glass frit.
Conductive powder: the spherical silver powder has a particle diameter (D50) of 0.5 to 2 μm.
Glass powder: lead oxide-tellurium oxide-bismuth oxide based glass powder, the source of which is commercially available.
Organic carrier: comprises silicone oil, at least one of high molecular weight cellulose (EC) and PVB resin, lower low boiling point solvent, thixotropic agent, dispersant, high boiling point solvent and high molecular resin. Wherein in the embodiments 1-5 of the invention, the silicone oil is dimethyl silicone oil, the viscosity is 100-; the weight average molecular weight of the cellulose resin is more than 50000; the hydroxyl value of the polyvinyl butyral resin is 10-25%; the low-boiling point solvent has a boiling point lower than 250 ℃ and comprises diethylene glycol butyl ether acetate, mixed dibasic acid ester, dimethyl adipate and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether; the high boiling point solvent has a boiling point of more than 250 ℃ and comprises 2-isobutoxy ethyl benzoate, glyceryl triacetate, ethylene glycol phenyl ether acetate and alcohol ester hexadecane; the high molecular resin comprises polyacrylate, rosin resin, polyurethane elastomer, cellulose acetate butyrate and the like; the thixotropic agent is polyamide sodium; the dispersant is TDO. The amounts of the above components added are shown in table 1 below.
The following examples 1 to 5 and comparative examples 1 to 4 were each prepared by the following method:
the conductive paste is prepared by the following method: adding organic matters such as a solvent, thermoplastic resin, silicone oil, a thixotropic agent, a dispersing agent and the like, glass powder and silver powder into the mixture in sequence, stirring the mixture for l to 2 hours under high shearing force, repeatedly rolling the mixture by using a three-roll grinder at different roll intervals until the mixture is conductive paste with the fineness of less than 10 mu m, and filtering the conductive paste by using a screen and defoaming the conductive paste for dispersion to obtain a finished product.
And the conductive pastes prepared in each example and comparative example were printed into a grid line on a solar substrate using the printing method as shown in the following table.
TABLE 1 conductive paste formulations of examples 1-5 and comparative examples 1-4
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As a specific example, the specific steps of example 1 are as follows.
Example 1
2 percent of diethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, 0.5 percent of mixed dibasic acid ester, 1.2 percent of glyceryl triacetate, 2 percent of 2-isobutoxyethyl benzoate, 0.1 percent of alcohol ester sixteen, 0.4 percent of ethyl cellulose, 0.2 percent of polyvinyl butyral, 0.3 percent of acrylic resin, 0.5 percent of dimethyl silicone oil, 1.2 percent of sodium polyamide, 0.3 percent of TDO, 2.2 percent of glass powder and 89.1 percent of silver powder are sequentially added into a mixer to be mixed, stirred under high shearing force for 2 hours, repeatedly rolled to the fineness of below 10 mu m by using a three-roll grinder at different roll intervals to obtain conductive paste, and the conductive paste is prepared by filtering, defoaming and dispersing through a screen to obtain the finished conductive paste.
And then preparing the grid line electrode of the solar cell by using the conductive paste by using a laser transfer printing method. The method comprises the following specific steps: the conductive paste of the above examples and comparative examples was printed on a silicon substrate (166X 166mm) by a laser transfer technique, the number of grid lines was 136, and the laser irradiation intensity was 400W. The cell pieces were dried in an infrared drying oven and then passed through a belt firing oven. And cooling the sintered conductive paste to form the grid line electrode.
Other examples 2-5 and comparative examples 1-4 were made by reference to the procedure of example 1, adjusted in combination with the compounding ratio values given in table 1.
Furthermore, the performance tests of the solar cells and the grid lines thereof prepared in the above embodiments and comparative examples are as follows.
The test method comprises the following steps:
(1) printing and electrode height and width testing
The width, height and aspect ratio of the electrodes were measured using an optical microscope and a microimaging tester. Each slurry was tested 6 times and the average was taken.
(2) Cell conversion efficiency test
The resulting solar cells were subjected to an I-V test for measuring electrical properties including Voc, Isc, Rs, Rsh, FF, Eff under 1 sunlight intensity condition. Each slurry was tested for 12 sets of electrical property data and averaged.
The results obtained in the above examples and tests are shown in table 2 below.
Table 2 solar cells and grid line performance tests prepared in examples 1-5 and comparative examples 1-4
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The main difference between comparative example 1 and examples 1 to 5 is that: the usage amount of the simethicone is lower than a reasonable range; the main differences of comparative example 2 compared to examples 1 to 5 are: polyvinyl butyral was not used; the main difference between comparative example 3 and examples 1 to 5 is that: the dosage of the simethicone is higher than a reasonable range, and the dosage of the low-boiling point solvent is lower than a reasonable range; the main difference of comparative example 4 compared to examples 1-5 is that the formation of the grid lines was performed using a screen printing process.
With respect to the amount of silicone oil used, examples 1 to 5 and comparative examples 1 and 3 were compared, wherein comparative examples 1 and 3 made the slurry in the same manner as example 1, and electrodes were formed using the same laser transfer technique, but the amount of silicone oil in comparative example 1 was less, and severe gate breakage occurred. The width of the printed electrodes in examples 1-5 is narrower than that of the electrodes in comparative example 3, and the aspect ratio is significantly improved.
With respect to resin compositions and amounts used, examples 1, 3, 5 and comparative example 2 were compared, comparative example 2 was made into a paste in the same manner as in example 1, electrodes were formed using the same laser transfer technique, and example 1 had the narrowest width of the printed electrode, whereas example 2 had a small amount of broken bars, on the premise of print quality ok.
With respect to the amount of the low-boiling point solvent used, examples 1 to 5 and comparative example 3 were compared, wherein example 3 made a slurry in the same manner as example 1, and electrodes were formed using the same laser transfer technique. In which comparative example 2 printing had a small amount of broken bars, examples 1-5. print quality ok.
Compared with the comparative example 4, the laser transfer printing technology is adopted in the examples 1 to 5, the width of the printing electrode is obviously narrowed, the consumption of the slurry is obviously reduced, the advantage of the aspect ratio is obvious, and the efficiency is obviously improved.
The present invention also obtains other embodiments based on the technical solutions provided above, as shown below.
Example 6
This example illustrates the preparation of a conductive paste and its application to a solar cell grid line, which is substantially the same as example 1 except that:
the silicone oil is selected from polymethylphenylsiloxane and aminosiloxane in a volume ratio of l: 1, and the amount of the silicone oil is 1.5 wt%;
the polymer binder is selected from 1.0 wt% of ethyl cellulose and 1.0 wt% of polyvinyl butyral;
the low boiling point solvent is selected from dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl adipate and mixed dibasic acid ester in a volume ratio of 1: 1, and the total dosage of the low boiling point solvent is 2.0 wt%.
Except silver powder, the amount of the other components is unchanged, and the silver powder is adjusted adaptively.
Example 7
This example illustrates the preparation of a conductive paste and its application to a solar cell grid line, which is substantially the same as example 1 except that:
the silicone oil is selected from polymethylphenylsiloxane and aminosiloxane mixed according to the volume ratio of 1: 1, and the amount of the silicone oil is 0.3 wt%;
the high molecular binder is selected from 0.1 weight percent of ethyl cellulose and 0.1 weight percent of polyvinyl butyral;
the low boiling point solvent is selected from dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl adipate and mixed dibasic acid ester in a volume ratio of 1: 1, and the total amount of the low boiling point solvent is 5.0 wt%.
Except silver powder, the amount of the other components is unchanged, and the silver powder is adjusted adaptively.
Example 8
This example illustrates the preparation of a conductive paste and its application to a solar cell grid line, which is substantially the same as example 1 except that:
the conductive metal powder is replaced by the mixture of silver powder and aluminum powder in the mass ratio of 2: 1.
The grid line electrode of the solar cell is prepared by the conductive paste provided in the above examples 6 to 8 by the same method as in example 1, and the aspect ratio and the performance of the solar cell are maintained at the same level as in examples 1 to 5, which is not described herein again.
Based on the embodiment, the comparative example and the detection results thereof, it is clear that the conductive paste provided by the embodiment of the invention forms an organic carrier through silicone oil, a high-molecular binder and a low-boiling point solvent, so that the vapor pressure of the conductive paste under laser irradiation, the adhesive force between the conductive paste and the substrate and the falling capability of the conductive paste from the carrier plate are well balanced, a laser transfer printing process can be well matched, and the conductive paste has a good capability of transferring from a patterned template to a silicon wafer substrate on one hand, so that the printing performance is ensured, and has an excellent wire take-up capability on the other hand, and the height-width ratio of a printed grid line is improved; compared with the conventional screen printing process, the grid line electrode of the solar cell prepared by the conductive paste provided by the embodiment of the invention through the laser transfer printing process has the advantages that the PA (unit consumption) can be reduced by more than 10%, and meanwhile, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell can be improved by more than 0.1%.
It should be understood that the above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical concepts and features of the present invention, which are intended to enable those skilled in the art to understand the contents of the present invention and implement the present invention, and therefore, the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereby. All equivalent changes and modifications made according to the spirit of the present invention should be covered in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The conductive paste for laser transfer printing comprises conductive powder, glass powder and an organic carrier, and is characterized in that the organic carrier comprises silicone oil, a high-molecular binder and a low-boiling-point solvent;
in the conductive paste, the mass fraction of the silicone oil is 0.2-1.5%, the mass fraction of the high molecular binder is 0.2-2.0%, and the mass fraction of the low boiling point solvent is 2.0-5.0%;
the low boiling point solvent has a boiling point of less than 250 ℃.
2. The conductive paste according to claim 1, wherein the silicone oil comprises one or a combination of two or more of polydimethylsiloxane, polymethylphenylsiloxane, polyether polysiloxane copolymer, and aminosiloxane;
and/or the viscosity of the silicone oil is 10mPa.s-5000 mPa.s.
3. The conductive paste as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymeric binder comprises one or a combination of two of ethyl cellulose and polyvinyl butyral;
preferably, the weight average molecular weight of the ethylcellulose is 50000 or more, more preferably 50000-200000;
preferably, the polyvinyl butyral has a hydroxyl value of 10 to 25%.
4. The electroconductive paste according to claim 1, wherein the low boiling point solvent has a boiling point higher than 170 ℃;
preferably, the low-boiling point solvent comprises any one or a combination of more than two of dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl adipate, mixed dibasic acid ester, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether and diethylene glycol butyl ether acetate.
5. The conductive paste according to claim 1, wherein the organic vehicle further comprises any one or a combination of two or more of a high boiling point solvent, a dispersant, a thixotropic agent, and a polymer resin;
wherein the boiling point of the high boiling point solvent is greater than 250 ℃;
preferably, in the conductive paste, the mass fraction of the high boiling point solvent is 1 to 4%, the mass fraction of the dispersant is 0.1 to 1%, the mass fraction of the thixotropic agent is 0.2 to 2%, and the mass fraction of the polymer resin is 0.1 to 1%.
6. The conductive paste as claimed in claim 5, wherein the high boiling point solvent includes one or a combination of two or more of ethyl 2-isobutoxybenzoate, triacetin, benzyl benzoate, ethylene glycol phenyl ether acetate, 2-octyldodecanol, propylene glycol phenyl ether, tripropylene glycol methyl ether, alcohol ester dodeca and alcohol ester hexadecane;
and/or the dispersing agent comprises any one or the combination of more than two of tallow propylene diamine oleate, stearate, lecithin, oleic acid, polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyethylene glycol;
and/or the thixotropic agent comprises any one or the combination of more than two of hydrogenated castor oil, polyamide sodium and fumed silica;
and/or the high polymer resin comprises any one or the combination of more than two of cellulose acetate butyrate, carboxymethyl cellulose, polyacrylate, rosin resin, polyurethane elastomer, polystyrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene elastomer, alpha toluene vinyl resin, polyester, phenolic resin and pentaerythritol triacrylate.
7. The electroconductive paste according to claim 1, wherein the electroconductive powder comprises a metal powder;
and/or in the conductive paste, the mass fraction of the conductive powder is 80-92%, the mass fraction of the glass powder is 1-4%, and the mass fraction of the organic carrier is 3-15%.
8. The method for producing conductive paste according to any one of claims 1 to 7, comprising:
fully stirring and mixing the conductive powder, the glass powder and the organic carrier to obtain a paste composition;
rolling and grinding the paste composition to a fineness of 10 μm or less to obtain a slurry precursor;
and filtering and dispersing the slurry precursor to obtain the conductive slurry for laser transfer printing.
9. Use of the electroconductive paste according to any one of claims 1 to 7 in laser transfer printing.
10. A solar cell, comprising a substrate and a grid line formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the grid line is formed by laser transfer printing of the conductive paste according to any one of claims 1 to 7;
preferably, the aspect ratio of the grid line is more than 60%.
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