Abstract:
Inorganic phosphor-containing polymer particles that include an inorganic phosphor and a transparent material. The transparent material is preferably a vinyl resin that is a polymer of a vinyl compound. It is preferable that the vinyl compound includes 10% by mass or more of a vinyl compound having a viscosity (at 25°C) of from 5 mPa.s to 30 mPa.s, or includes at least one of a compound having a structure represented by the following Formula (I-1) or the following Formula (I-2). In Formulae (I-1) and (I-2), each of R 1 and R 2 independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group. R 1 and R 2 may be linked to each other to form a ring. The inorganic phosphor is preferably surface-modified with a surface treatment agent, more preferably surface-modified with a coupling agent, still more preferably surface-modified with a silicone oligomer having a reactive substituent.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a solar cell wherein generation of internal stress is reduced, thereby reducing crystal defects and recombination loss. Specifically disclosed is a solar cell having an antireflective film and an external lead-out electrode on the light-receiving side of a semiconductor substrate that is provided with a p-n junction, while comprising an electrode layer on the non-light-receiving side of the semiconductor substrate. The solar cell is characterized in that the electrode layer is in the form of a solid layer and has a thickness of not more than 5 µm. It is preferable that the electrode layer has a sheet resistance of not more than 1 × 10 -4 Ω/.
Abstract:
The method of connecting solar battery cells of the present invention is a method of connecting solar battery cells which are each provided with a front-face electrode on a front face thereof and a back-face electrode on a back face thereof, and comprises: a first process of preparing a wiring member including a strip-like conductive substrate and an adhesive layer provided on one face of the conductive substrate, and bonding the adhesive layer on one end portion of the wiring member with a front-face electrode or a back-face electrode of one solar battery cell; a second process of turning an other end portion of the wiring member having gone through the first process, around a central axis along a longitudinal direction thereof so that an adhesive layer surface of the other end portion is opposite in orientation to an adhesive layer surface of the one end portion; and a third process of bonding the adhesive layer of the other end portion of the wiring member having gone through the second process with an electrode of an other solar battery cell having an opposite polarity to the electrode of the one solar battery cell which has been bonded in the aforementioned first process.
Abstract:
The method for producing a photovoltaic cell includes applying, on a partial region of one surface side of a semiconductor substrate, a first p-type diffusion layer forming composition including a p-type impurity-containing glass powder and a dispersion medium; applying, on at least a region other than the partial region on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second p-type diffusion layer forming composition which includes a p-type impurity-containing glass powder and a dispersion medium and in which a concentration of the p-type impurity is lower than that of the first p-type diffusion layer forming composition, where the first p-type diffusion layer forming composition is applied; heat-treating the semiconductor substrate on which the first p-type diffusion layer forming composition and the second p-type diffusion layer forming composition are applied to form a p-type diffusion layer; and forming an electrode on the partial region.
Abstract:
A spherical phosphor includes a fluorescent substance having a maximum excitation wavelength of 400 nm or longer; and a transparent material containing the fluorescent substance, in which, in an excitation spectrum, an excitation spectral intensity in a wavelength region of from 340 nm to 380 nm is 50% or higher of an excitation spectral intensity at a maximum excitation wavelength. A wavelength conversion-type photovoltaic cell sealing material includes a light-permeable resin composition layer that contains the spherical phosphor and a sealing resin.
Abstract:
The method for producing a photovoltaic cell includes applying, on a partial region of one surface side of a semiconductor substrate, a first n-type diffusion layer forming composition including an n-type impurity-containing glass powder and a dispersion medium; applying, on at least a region other than the partial region on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second n-type diffusion layer forming composition which includes an n-type impurity-containing glass powder and a dispersion medium and in which a concentration of the n-type impurity is lower than that of the first n-type diffusion layer forming composition, where the first n-type diffusion layer forming composition is applied; heat-treating the semiconductor substrate on which the first n-type diffusion layer forming composition and the second n-type diffusion layer forming composition are applied to form an n-type diffusion layer; and forming an electrode on the partial region.
Abstract:
A wavelength conversion type photovoltaic cell sealing material according to the present invention includes a first sealing layer that contains no fluorescent substance and a second sealing layer that contains a fluorescent substance. This wavelength conversion type photovoltaic cell sealing material is used as one of the light transmissive layers of a photovoltaic cell module and is disposed at a light receiving surface side of a solar cell.
Abstract:
A wavelength-converting resin composition for a photovoltaic cell, comprising: a fluorescent substance having a maximum absorption wavelength in an absorbance spectrum of which being λ max (nm); resin particles; and a dispersion medium resin, wherein a value of A 1 (λ), which is represented by the following Equation 1, at the maximum absorption wavelength λ max (nm) is 3.0×10 -4 (O. D. /µm) or less in a case in which: an intensity of transmitted light that is obtained as a result of incident light having a light intensity of I 0 (λ) at a wavelength λ (nm) having passed through a resin film in a thickness direction of the resin film, the resin film being formed from the resin composition and having a thickness of t (µm), is defined as I (λ); and an intensity of transmitted light that is obtained as a result of the incident light having passed through a reference resin film in a thickness direction of the reference resin film, the reference resin film being formed from a reference resin composition obtained by excluding the fluorescent substance and the resin particles from the resin composition, and having a thickness of t ref (µm), is defined as I ref (λ). A 1 λ = log I 0 λ / I λ / t - log I 0 λ / I λ / t ref
Abstract translation:一种用于光伏电池的波长转换树脂组合物,包括:吸收光谱中的最大吸收波长为λmax(nm)的荧光物质; 树脂颗粒; 和分散介质树脂,其中由下列等式1表示的最大吸收波长λmax(nm)下的A 1(»)的值为3.0×10 -4(OD /μm)以下,a 其中:作为树脂膜的厚度方向上通过树脂膜的波长»(nm)处的光强度为I 0(»)的入射光的结果的透射光的强度, 由树脂组合物形成的厚度为t(μm)的树脂膜定义为I(»); 以及作为在基准树脂膜的厚度方向上通过参考树脂膜的入射光的结果而得到的透射光的强度,所述参考树脂膜由通过排除荧光物质获得的参考树脂组合物形成 将来自树脂组合物的树脂粒子的厚度t ref(μm)定义为I ref(»)。 A 1»= log I 0»/ I»/ t - log I 0»/ I»/ t ref
Abstract:
The present invention provides a wavelength conversion-type photovoltaic cell sealing material, the sealing material including at least one light emitting layer containing a group of spherical phosphors, the group of spherical phosphors having a ratio of a median value D 50 of the group of spherical phosphors to a total thickness t of the light emitting layer of from 0.1 to 1.0, where the median value D 50 is a median value of a volume particle size distribution of the group of spherical phosphors, and an integrated value N of a number particle size distribution from D 25 to D 75 of the group of spherical phosphors being 5% or more, when D 25 is a particle size value at 25% of an integrated value of the volume particle size distribution of the group of spherical phosphors and D 75 is a particle size value at 75% of the integrated value of the volume particle size distribution of the group of spherical phosphors; and a photovoltaic cell module including the sealing material.