Patent ID: 8399283

Claim:
A method for producing a bifacial photovoltaic device, the photovoltaic device including a semiconductor layer, one or more doped regions, a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of conductive lines disposed over the first surface and the second surface and contacting one or more doped regions at the first surface and the second surface, the method comprising: forming a blanket passivation layer on each of the first surface and the second surface of the semiconductor; and utilizing a direct-write metallization apparatus arrangement to deposit the plurality of conductive lines over the blanket passivation layer such that each of the plurality of conductive lines electrically contacts an associated doped region of the one or more doped regions the semiconductor layer, wherein utilizing the direct-write metallization apparatus arrangement to deposit the plurality of conductive lines further comprises forming said conductive lines such that all of said conductive lines cover less than 10% of the first surface and the second surface.