A high-tension busbar silver paste applied to the N-type solar cell is prepared by mixing a silver powder (a mixture of a spherical silver powder A having a median particle size of 700-900 nm and a tapped density of 5-6 g/mL and a spherical silver powder B having a medium particle size of 280-450 nm and a tapped density of 4-5 g/mL), an organic vehicle (a mixture of 3-5 wt % of polyvinyl butyral resin and 5-10 wt % of acrylic resin as a main resin) and a glass powder (copper-bismuth-manganese-tellurium series glass powder having a medium particle size of 0.7-1 μm and a softening temperature of 600-800° C.); the silver paste has large welding tension, in which the welding tension of the front busbar line is 4 N or more.

A high-tension busbar silver paste applied to the N-type solar cell is prepared by mixing a silver powder (a mixture of a spherical silver powder A having a median particle size of 700-900 nm and a tapped density of 5-6 g/mL and a spherical silver powder B having a medium particle size of 280-450 nm and a tapped density of 4-5 g/mL), an organic vehicle (a mixture of 3-5 wt % of polyvinyl butyral resin and 5-10 wt % of acrylic resin as a main resin) and a glass powder (copper-bismuth-manganese-tellurium series glass powder having a medium particle size of 0.7-1 μm and a softening temperature of 600-800° C.); the silver paste has large welding tension, in which the welding tension of the front busbar line is 4 N or more.

Frontside metallization pastes for solar cell electrodes prepared from glass frit containing rare earth metals such as lanthanum and yttrium are disclosed. Electrodes prepared from the metallization pastes exhibit improved adhesion, reliability, and excellent electrical properties.

A coated glass or glass ceramic substrate includes a substrate with a surface area and a coating on that surface area. The coating includes a glass matrix and IR-reflecting pigments. The IR-reflecting pigments have a TSR value of at least 20%, as determined according to ASTM G 173. The coating, at a wavelength of 1500 nm, exhibits a remission of at least 35%, as measured according to ISO 13468.

The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising forming a first slurry by combining a first pre-slurry composition with a first carrier fluid, applying the first slurry on a surface of the composite structure, and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a base layer on the composite structure. The first pre-slurry composition may comprise a first phosphate glass composition and a low coefficient of thermal expansion material, wherein the low coefficient of thermal expansion material is a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 10×10.sup.−6° C..sup.−1.

The present disclosure provides a method for coating a composite structure, comprising forming a first slurry by combining a first pre-slurry composition with a first carrier fluid, applying the first slurry on a surface of the composite structure, and heating the composite structure to a temperature sufficient to form a base layer on the composite structure. The first pre-slurry composition may comprise a first phosphate glass composition and a low coefficient of thermal expansion material, wherein the low coefficient of thermal expansion material is a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 10×10.sup.−6° C..sup.−1.

A glass powder is a glass powder comprising vanadium-tellurium-silver, which has a softening temperature of 230-330° C. and a median particle size of 1-2 μm; when the glass powder is applied to the silver paste, the requirement that the silver paste is sintered at the temperature of 230-400° C. can be met, and a firm three-dimensional network structure can be formed in the glass system after the silver paste is sintered, and the welding tension of a front silver electrode can be improved; the addition of other metal elements to the glass powder can enable the network structure of the glass powder to be more compact and complete and ensure the stability of the glass powder; the prepared silver paste can be sintered at a temperature of 230-400° C.

A glass powder is a glass powder comprising vanadium-tellurium-silver, which has a softening temperature of 230-330° C. and a median particle size of 1-2 μm; when the glass powder is applied to the silver paste, the requirement that the silver paste is sintered at the temperature of 230-400° C. can be met, and a firm three-dimensional network structure can be formed in the glass system after the silver paste is sintered, and the welding tension of a front silver electrode can be improved; the addition of other metal elements to the glass powder can enable the network structure of the glass powder to be more compact and complete and ensure the stability of the glass powder; the prepared silver paste can be sintered at a temperature of 230-400° C.

The thick film resistor paste for a resistor has no abnormalities of cracks in appearance and sufficient surge resistance, especially for low resistance, while using lead borosilicate glass. The thick film resistor paste comprises a silver powder or a palladium powder, or a mixture of both of the silver powder and the palladium powder, a ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder and an organic vehicle, the ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder comprises 10 to 60 mass % of ruthenium oxide, a glass composition of the ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder comprises 3 to 60 mass % of silicon oxide, 30 to 90 mass % of lead oxide, 5 to 50 mass % of boron oxide relative to 100 mass % of glass components, and, a combined amount of silicon oxide, lead oxide and boron oxide by mass % is 50 mass % or more relative to 100 mass % of the glass components.

The thick film resistor paste for a resistor has no abnormalities of cracks in appearance and sufficient surge resistance, especially for low resistance, while using lead borosilicate glass. The thick film resistor paste comprises a silver powder or a palladium powder, or a mixture of both of the silver powder and the palladium powder, a ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder and an organic vehicle, the ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder comprises 10 to 60 mass % of ruthenium oxide, a glass composition of the ruthenium-oxide-containing glass powder comprises 3 to 60 mass % of silicon oxide, 30 to 90 mass % of lead oxide, 5 to 50 mass % of boron oxide relative to 100 mass % of glass components, and, a combined amount of silicon oxide, lead oxide and boron oxide by mass % is 50 mass % or more relative to 100 mass % of the glass components.