Ferro's thick film materials for solar cells lower costs, increase electrical output and improve yields. The world's leading supplier of thick film photovoltaic materials since the 1980s, Ferro provides global product manufacturing and regional support through applied technology labs.
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Our photovoltaic products and expertise help customers reduce silicon costs, deposition weight, breakage and floor space requirements while increasing performance and throughput. Ferro regularly presents technical papers at international PV conferences. For product data sheets, click on the links below.
Ferro's thick Film Material Systems for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells include:
- Front surface metallization materials
- Back surface metallization materials
- Screen-printable diffusion solutions
- Aluminum BSF paste
- Thick film materials for thin film and other solar applications
Our innovations Make Solar More Cost Competitive:
- Lead-free silver and aluminum materials meet emerging EU regulations
- All materials are cadmiun-free
- Front and rear silver Hot Melt formulations
- Front silver contacts optimized for silicon nitride ARC and textured wafers
- Low Bow aluminum BSF for thin silicon wafers
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Front surface metallizations – Thick Film Silver Conductor Inks
Diffusion sources
Ag, Ag/Al back surface metallizations – Silver/Aluminum, Silver Back Surface Thick Film Conductor Inks
Al back surface metallizations – Aluminum Back Surface Thick Film Conductor Inks
Lead-Free Materials Meeting Emerging EU Regulations
- PS 33-600 – Lead Free Rear Silver
- PS 33-601 – Lead Free Rear Silver/Aluminum
- PS 33-610 – Lead Free Rear Silver
- PS 33-650 – Hot Melt Lead Free Rear Silver
- PS 33-651 – Hot Melt Lead Free Aluminum Back Surface Metallization
- AL 53-110 Series – Thin Wafer, Lead Free Aluminum Back Surface Metallization
- AL 53-120 Series – Thin Wafer, Lead Free Aluminum/Boron Back Surface Metallization
- LF 33-701 – Lead Free Silver Conductor for Thin Film & Interconnect
Hot Melt Silver Condutor Inks
- NS 33-551 – Hot Melt inks designed for SiN & TiO2 ARCs
- NS 33-552 – Hot Melt inks designed for SiN ARCs
- NS 33-553 – Hot Melt inks designed for SiN ARCs
- PS 33-650 – Hot Melt Lead Free Rear Ag
- PS 33-651 – Hot Melt Lead Free Rear Silver/Aluminum
- PS 33-652 – Hot Melt High Adhesion Rear Ag
Thin Film & Interconnect Materials
- LF 33-700 – Low Temperature Silver Conductor
- LF 33-701 – Low Temperature Lead Free Silver Conductor
- LF 33-750 – Low Temperature Silver Polymer Silver Conductor
Legacy Products
- 33-081 – Silver Conductor
- 33-130 – Silver/Aluminum Conductor
- 33-212 – Silver Conductor
- 33-384 – Silver Conductor
- 33-452 – Silver Conductor for TiO2 ARC Solar Cells
- 33-455/33-462/33-470 – Silver Conductors for SiNx ARC Solar Cells
- 33-462 – Inks for SiN ARCs
- 33-465 – Hot Melt Rear Silver Conductor
- 33-466 – Lead Free Rear Silver
- 33-473 – Hot Melt Front Silver Conductor for SiNx ARC Solar Cells
- 33-483 – Polymer Silver Conductor
- 53-038 – Aluminum Conductor
- 53-090 – High Adhesion Aluminum Ink
- 53-101 – Aluminum Conductor
- 53-102 – Aluminum Conductor
- 3347 – Silver Conductor
- 3347ND – Silver Conductor
- 3349 – Silver Conductor
- 3398 – Silver/Aluminum Conductor
- 5540 – Aluminum Conductor
- 99-007 ̵ Titania Anti-Reflective Coating