公开(公告)号：US09231129B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-05

申请号：US14229716

申请日：2014-03-28

申请人： Gabriel Harley ,  Taeseok Kim ,  Richard Hamilton Sewell ,  Michael Morse ,  David D. Smith ,  Matthieu Moors ,  Jens-Dirk Moschner

发明人： Gabriel Harley ,  Taeseok Kim ,  Richard Hamilton Sewell ,  Michael Morse ,  David D. Smith ,  Matthieu Moors ,  Jens-Dirk Moschner

IPC分类号： H01L21/00 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/02

CPC分类号： H01L31/02245 ,  H01L31/022441 ,  H01L31/02363 ,  H01L31/028 ,  H01L31/0475 ,  H01L31/0512 ,  H01L31/0516 ,  H01L31/0682 ,  H01L31/0745 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y02E10/547 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： Approaches for the foil-based metallization of solar cells and the resulting solar cells are described. In an example, a solar cell includes a substrate. A plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions is disposed in or above the substrate. A conductive contact structure is disposed above the plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The conductive contact structure includes a plurality of metal seed material regions providing a metal seed material region disposed on each of the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. A metal foil is disposed on the plurality of metal seed material regions, the metal foil having anodized portions isolating metal regions of the metal foil corresponding to the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于太阳能电池和所得太阳能电池的箔基金属化的方法。 在一个示例中，太阳能电池包括基板。 多个交替的N型和P型半导体区域设置在衬底中或上方。 导电接触结构设置在多个交替的N型和P型半导体区域的上方。 导电接触结构包括多个金属种子材料区域，其提供设置在每个交替的N型和P型半导体区域上的金属种子材料区域。 金属箔设置在多个金属种子材料区域上，金属箔具有阳极化部分，隔离与交替的N型和P型半导体区对应的金属箔的金属区域。

公开(公告)号：US20150380598A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-31

申请号：US14318374

申请日：2014-06-27

申请人： Paul Loscutoff ,  Gabriel Harley

发明人： Paul Loscutoff ,  Gabriel Harley

IPC分类号： H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/065

CPC分类号： H01L31/065 ,  H01L21/2225 ,  H01L21/228 ,  H01L21/268 ,  H01L31/02008 ,  H01L31/02167 ,  H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/022441 ,  H01L31/0516 ,  H01L31/0682 ,  H01L31/1804 ,  H01L31/1864 ,  Y02E10/50 ,  Y02E10/547 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A system and method of patterning dopants of opposite polarity to form a solar cell is described. Two dopant films are deposited on a substrate. A laser is used to pattern the N-type dopant, by mixing the two dopant films into a single film with an exposure to the laser and/or drive the N-type dopant into the substrate to form an N-type emitter. A thermal process drives the P-type dopant from the P-type dopant film to form P-type emitters and further drives the N-type dopant from the single film to either form or further drive the N-type emitter.

摘要翻译： 描述了以相反极性构图掺杂剂以形成太阳能电池的系统和方法。 在衬底上沉积两个掺杂剂膜。 使用激光来对N型掺杂剂进行图案化，通过将两种掺杂剂膜混合成单一膜并暴露于激光器和/或将N型掺杂剂驱动到衬底中以形成N型发射体。 热处理从P型掺杂剂膜驱动P型掺杂剂以形成P型发射体，并进一步从单一膜驱动N型掺杂剂以形成或进一步驱动N型发射极。

公开(公告)号：US08859933B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-14

申请号：US13584613

申请日：2012-08-13

申请人： Gabriel Harley ,  Thomas Pass ,  Peter John Cousins ,  John Viatella

发明人： Gabriel Harley ,  Thomas Pass ,  Peter John Cousins ,  John Viatella

IPC分类号： B23K26/38 ,  H01L31/20 ,  H01L31/0216 ,  H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/068 ,  B23K26/08

CPC分类号： B23K26/40 ,  B23K26/067 ,  B23K26/082 ,  B23K26/0823 ,  B23K2103/50 ,  H01L31/02168 ,  H01L31/022441 ,  H01L31/0682 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/202 ,  Y02E10/52 ,  Y02E10/547

摘要： A solar cell is formed using a solar cell ablation system. The ablation system includes a single laser source and several laser scanners. The laser scanners include a master laser scanner, with the rest of the laser scanners being slaved to the master laser scanner. A laser beam from the laser source is split into several laser beams, with the laser beams being scanned onto corresponding wafers using the laser scanners in accordance with one or more patterns. The laser beams may be scanned on the wafers using the same or different power levels of the laser source.

摘要翻译： 使用太阳能电池消融系统形成太阳能电池。 消融系统包括单个激光源和几个激光扫描仪。 激光扫描仪包括主激光扫描仪，其余的激光扫描仪从属于主激光扫描仪。 来自激光源的激光束被分成几个激光束，根据一个或多个图案，使用激光扫描仪将激光束扫描到相应的晶片上。 可以使用激光源的相同或不同功率水平在晶片上扫描激光束。

公开(公告)号：US08513045B1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-20

申请号：US13362526

申请日：2012-01-31

申请人： John Viatella ,  Gabriel Harley ,  Thomas Pass

发明人： John Viatella ,  Gabriel Harley ,  Thomas Pass

IPC分类号： H01L21/00

CPC分类号： H01L31/18 ,  B23K26/082 ,  B23K26/361 ,  B23K26/40 ,  B23K2103/50 ,  H01L31/022441 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： A laser system with multiple laser pulses for removing material from a solar cell being fabricated. The laser system includes a single pulse laser source and a multi-pulse generator. The multi-pulse generator receives a single pulse laser beam from the single pulse laser source and converts the single pulse laser beam into a multi-pulse laser beam. A laser scanner scans the multi-pulse laser beam onto the solar cell to remove material from the solar cell.

摘要翻译： 具有多个激光脉冲用于从太阳能电池中去除材料的激光系统被制造。 激光系统包括单脉冲激光源和多脉冲发生器。 多脉冲发生器从单脉冲激光源接收单个脉冲激光束，并将单脉冲激光束转换为多脉冲激光束。 激光扫描仪将多脉冲激光束扫描到太阳能电池上以从太阳能电池中去除材料。

公开(公告)号：US08211731B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-03

申请号：US12795526

申请日：2010-06-07

申请人： Gabriel Harley ,  Taeseok Kim ,  Peter John Cousins

发明人： Gabriel Harley ,  Taeseok Kim ,  Peter John Cousins

IPC分类号： H01L21/00

CPC分类号： H01L31/18 ,  B23K26/0622 ,  B23K26/384 ,  B23K26/40 ,  B23K26/402 ,  B23K2103/172 ,  B23K2103/50 ,  H01L31/02167 ,  H01L31/0682 ,  Y02E10/547 ,  Y10S438/94

摘要： A dielectric film stack of a solar cell is ablated using a laser. The dielectric film stack includes a layer that is absorptive in a wavelength of operation of the laser source. The laser source, which fires laser pulses at a pulse repetition rate, is configured to ablate the film stack to expose an underlying layer of material. The laser source may be configured to fire a burst of two laser pulses or a single temporally asymmetric laser pulse within a single pulse repetition to achieve complete ablation in a single step.

摘要翻译： 使用激光烧蚀太阳能电池的电介质膜堆叠。 电介质膜堆叠包括在激光源的工作波长中吸收的层。 以脉冲重复频率激发激光脉冲的激光源被配置为烧蚀膜堆以暴露下层材料。 激光源可以被配置为在单个脉冲重复中触发两个激光脉冲或单个时间不对称激光脉冲的脉冲，以在单个步骤中实现完全消融。

公开(公告)号：US20110126898A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-02

申请号：US12895437

申请日：2010-09-30

申请人： Gabriel Harley ,  David Smith ,  Peter Cousins

发明人： Gabriel Harley ,  David Smith ,  Peter Cousins

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224

CPC分类号： H01L31/02008 ,  H01L31/022441 ,  H01L31/0682 ,  Y02E10/547

摘要： The formation of solar cell contacts using a laser is described. A method of fabricating a back-contact solar cell includes forming a poly-crystalline material layer above a single-crystalline substrate. The method also includes forming a dielectric material stack above the poly-crystalline material layer. The method also includes forming, by laser ablation, a plurality of contacts holes in the dielectric material stack, each of the contact holes exposing a portion of the poly-crystalline material layer; and forming conductive contacts in the plurality of contact holes.

摘要翻译： 描述了使用激光器形成太阳能电池触点。 制造背接触太阳能电池的方法包括在单晶衬底上形成多晶材料层。 该方法还包括在多晶材料层上形成介电材料堆叠。 该方法还包括通过激光烧蚀形成介电材料堆叠中的多个接触孔，每个接触孔暴露多晶材料层的一部分; 以及在所述多个接触孔中形成导电接触。

公开(公告)号：US20170288072A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-05

申请号：US15089401

申请日：2016-04-01

申请人： Richard Hamilton Sewell ,  Gabriel Harley ,  Nils-Peter Harder

发明人： Richard Hamilton Sewell ,  Gabriel Harley ,  Nils-Peter Harder

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/0236 ,  H01L31/0368 ,  H01L31/0216

CPC分类号： H01L31/0745 ,  H01L31/022441 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： Thermocompression bonding approaches for foil-based metallization of non-metal surfaces of solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are described. For example, a solar cell includes a substrate and a plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions disposed in or above the substrate. A plurality of conductive contact structures is electrically connected to the plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. Each conductive contact structure includes a metal foil portion disposed in direct contact with a corresponding one of the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions.

公开(公告)号：US20170186885A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-29

申请号：US14983345

申请日：2015-12-29

申请人： Gabriel Harley

发明人： Gabriel Harley

IPC分类号： H01L31/02 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/0201 ,  H01L31/022441 ,  H01L31/042 ,  H01L31/0516 ,  H01L31/1876 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： Solar cells having a plurality of sub-cells coupled by metallization structures having a metal bridge, and singulation approaches to forming solar cells having a plurality of sub-cells coupled by metallization structures, are described. In an example, the metal bridge can provide structural support and provide for an electrical connection between a first contact pad and a first busbar. Adjacent ones of the singulated and physically separated semiconductor substrate portions have a groove there between and where the metal bridge can be perpendicular to the groove. The solar cell can include a first contact pad adjacent to a second contact pad.

公开(公告)号：US20170179312A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15454890

申请日：2017-03-09

申请人： Taeseok Kim ,  Gabriel Harley ,  John Wade Viatella ,  Perine Jaffrennou

发明人： Taeseok Kim ,  Gabriel Harley ,  John Wade Viatella ,  Perine Jaffrennou

IPC分类号： H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/0745

CPC分类号： H01L31/022441 ,  B23K26/354 ,  B23K26/364 ,  H01L31/0516 ,  H01L31/0745 ,  H01L31/182 ,  H01L2021/60292 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： Approaches for foil-based metallization of solar cells and the resulting solar cells are described. For example, a method of fabricating a solar cell involves locating a metal foil above a plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions disposed in or above a substrate. The method also involves laser welding the metal foil to the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The method also involves patterning the metal foil by laser ablating through at least a portion of the metal foil at regions in alignment with locations between the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The laser welding and the patterning are performed at the same time.

公开(公告)号：US20160284909A1

公开(公告)日：2016-09-29

申请号：US14672044

申请日：2015-03-27

申请人： Gabriel Harley ,  Seung Bum Rim ,  Keith Johnston ,  Matthieu Minault Reich

发明人： Gabriel Harley ,  Seung Bum Rim ,  Keith Johnston ,  Matthieu Minault Reich

IPC分类号： H01L31/05 ,  H01L31/0475 ,  H01L31/054

CPC分类号： H01L31/0508 ,  H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/042 ,  H01L31/047 ,  H01L31/0475 ,  H01L31/1804 ,  Y02E10/52 ,  Y02E10/547 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： Solar cells can include a plurality of sub-cells that include a singulated and physically separated semiconductor portion such that adjacent ones of the singulated and physically separated semiconductor portions can have a groove therebetween. The solar cells can include a metallization structure that couples ones of the plurality of sub-cells. An interconnect structure can couple adjacent ones of the solar cells.

摘要翻译： 太阳能电池可以包括多个子单元，其包括单个化和物理分离的半导体部分，使得相邻的单个化和物理分离的半导体部分之间可以具有沟槽。 太阳能电池可以包括耦合多个子电池中的一个的金属化结构。 互连结构可以耦合相邻的太阳能电池。