Review of Ni-Cu Based Front Side Metallization for c-Si Solar Cells

Table 1

Comparison of metal properties and costs.

Parameters	Ag	Cu	Ni
Conductivity (10^6 S/m)	61.39	59.1	13.9
Density (gm/cm^3)	10.49	8.92	8.9
Cost ($/troy oz) in April, 2013	27.26	0.231	0.50