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    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="aggregator">72010410</journal-id>
      <journal-title>NIP &amp; Digital Fabrication Conference</journal-title>
      <abbrev-journal-title>nip digi fabric conf</abbrev-journal-title>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2169-4451</issn><issn pub-type="epub"/>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Society for Imaging Science and Technology</publisher-name>
        <publisher-loc>7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA</publisher-loc>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2014.30.1.art00098_1</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="sici">2169-4451(20140101)2014:1L.413;1-</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">nip_v2014n1/splitsection98.xml</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="other">/ist/nipdf/2014/00002014/00000001/art00098</article-id>
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        <subj-group>
          <subject>Articles</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Printed Monolithic Photovoltaic Interconnects</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Hest</surname>
            <given-names>Maikel F.A.M. van</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Dabney</surname>
            <given-names>Matthew S.</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Bollinger</surname>
            <given-names>Vincent P.</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
        <contrib>
          <name>
            <surname>Fields</surname>
            <given-names>Jeremy D.</given-names>
          </name>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <pub-date>
        <day>01</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2014</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>2014</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>413</fpage>
      <lpage>413</lpage>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <p>Monolithic interconnects in photovoltaic modules connect adjacent cells in series, and are typically formed sequentially involving multiple deposition &amp; scribing steps. Interconnect widths on order of about 500 &#x3BC;&#x3BC;m every 10 mm result in about 5 % dead area, which does not
 contribute to power generation in an interconnected solar panel. This work introduces an alternative interconnection method capable of producing interconnect widths less than 100 &#x3BC;m, which can be accomplished in a single pass after deposition of active layers and electrodes. This alternative
 method can be used for all types of thin film photovoltaics. Voltage addition using printed interconnects and ongoing efforts to optimize performance of modules with printed interconnect are discussed.</p>
      </abstract>
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