Epitaxial Lift Off in Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells
    1.
    发明申请
    Epitaxial Lift Off in Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells 审中-公开
    反相变质多功能太阳能电池中的外延提升

    公开(公告)号:US20100203730A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-12

    申请号:US12367991

    申请日:2009-02-09

    IPC分类号: H01L21/306

    摘要: A process for selectively freeing an epitaxial layer from a single crystal substrate upon which it was grown, by providing a first substrate; depositing a separation layer on said first substrate; depositing on said separation layer a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; mounting and bonding a surrogate substrate on top of the sequence of layers; attaching a connecting link element to at least two opposed points on the periphery of the surrogate substrate; and etching said separation layer while applying tension to said link element so as to remove said epitaxial layer from said first substrate.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过提供第一衬底从其生长的单晶衬底选择性地释放外延层的工艺; 在所述第一衬底上沉积分离层; 在所述分离层上沉积形成太阳能电池的半导体材料层序列; 在层序列的顶部上安装和粘贴替代衬底; 将连接连接元件附接到所述替代基板的周边上的至少两个相对的点; 以及在对所述连接元件施加张力的同时蚀刻所述分离层,以便从所述第一基底去除所述外延层。

    High band gap contact layer in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells
    2.
    发明申请
    High band gap contact layer in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells 审中-公开
    倒置变质多结太阳能电池高带隙接触层

    公开(公告)号:US20100012174A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-01-21

    申请号:US12218558

    申请日:2008-07-16

    摘要: A method of forming a multijunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell by providing a substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a graded interlayer over the second subcell, the graded interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; forming a third solar subcell over the graded interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell; and forming a contact layer over the third subcell having a fifth band gap greater than at least the magnitude of the second band gap.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的衬底来形成包括上部子电池,中间子电池和下部子电池的多结太阳能电池的方法; 在具有第一带隙的基板上形成第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一太阳能子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的第二太阳能子电池; 在所述第二子电池上形成渐变中间层,所述渐变中间层具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙; 在所述渐变中间层上形成具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙的第三太阳能子电池,使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配; 以及在第三子电池上形成具有大于至少第二带隙的幅度的第五带隙的接触层。

    Demounting of inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells
    3.
    发明授权
    Demounting of inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells 有权
    倒装变质多结太阳能电池的拆卸

    公开(公告)号:US08039291B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-10-18

    申请号:US12816205

    申请日:2010-06-15

    IPC分类号: H01L21/00

    摘要: A method of forming a multijunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell by providing a first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a graded interlayer over the second subcell; forming a third solar subcell over the graded interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell; attaching a surrogate second substrate over the third solar subcell and removing the first substrate; and etching a first trough around the periphery of the solar cell to the surrogate second substrate so as to form a mesa structure on the surrogate second substrate and facilitate the removal of the solar cell from the surrogate second substrate.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的第一衬底来形成包括上部子电池,中间子电池和下部子电池的多结太阳能电池的方法; 在具有第一带隙的基板上形成第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一太阳能子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的第二太阳能子电池; 在所述第二子电池上形成分级中间层; 在所述渐变中间层上形成具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙的第三太阳能子电池,使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配; 在所述第三太阳能子电池上附接替代的第二衬底并移除所述第一衬底; 以及将围绕所述太阳能电池的周边的第一槽蚀刻到所述代理第二基板,以便在所述替代第二基板上形成台面结构,并且便于从所述替代第二基板移除所述太阳能电池。

    String interconnection and fabrication of inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells
    4.
    发明授权
    String interconnection and fabrication of inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells 有权
    反相变质多结太阳能电池的串联和制造

    公开(公告)号:US07960201B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-06-14

    申请号:US12362201

    申请日:2009-01-29

    IPC分类号: H01L21/00

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a solar cell by providing a first substrate; depositing on a first substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell including at least a top subcell and a bottom subcell; mounting a surrogate substrate on top of the sequence of layers adjacent to the bottom subcell; removing the first substrate to expose the surface of the top subcell; removing the surrogate substrate; and holding the solar cell on a vacuum chuck to support it for subsequent fabrication operations, such as attaching interconnects to the solar cells to form an interconnected array.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过提供第一基板来制造太阳能电池的方法; 在第一衬底上沉积形成包括至少顶部子电池和底部子电池的太阳能电池的半导体材料层序列; 将代替衬底安装在与底部子电池相邻的层序列的顶部上; 去除第一基板以暴露顶部子电池的表面; 去除替代底物; 并且将太阳能电池保持在真空吸盘上以支持其用于随后的制造操作,例如将互连件附接到太阳能电池以形成互连的阵列。

    Solar Cell with Textured Coverglass
    5.
    发明申请
    Solar Cell with Textured Coverglass 审中-公开
    带有纹理盖玻璃的太阳能电池

    公开(公告)号:US20110017285A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-27

    申请号:US12507996

    申请日:2009-07-23

    IPC分类号: H01L31/00 H01L31/18

    摘要: A solar cell including a semiconductor body including at least one photoactive junction, and a textured layer or coverglass having a textured surface disposed over the top surface of the semiconductor body. The textured layer may be between 200 and 1800 nm in thickness, and may have a graded index of refraction.

    摘要翻译: 一种太阳能电池,其包括包括至少一个光活性接合部的半导体本体,以及具有布置在半导体本体的顶表面上的纹理化表面的纹理化层或覆盖层。 纹理层的厚度可以在200和1800nm之间,并且可以具有渐变的折射率。

    String Interconnection and Fabrication of Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells
    6.
    发明申请
    String Interconnection and Fabrication of Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells 有权
    反相变质多功能太阳能电池的串联和制造

    公开(公告)号:US20100233839A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-09-16

    申请号:US12362201

    申请日:2009-01-29

    IPC分类号: H01L31/18

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a solar cell by providing a first substrate; depositing on a first substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell including at least a top subcell and a bottom subcell; mounting a surrogate substrate on top of the sequence of layers adjacent to the bottom subcell; removing the first substrate to expose the surface of the top subcell; removing the surrogate substrate; and holding the solar cell on a vacuum chuck to support it for subsequent fabrication operations, such as attaching interconnects to the solar cells to form an interconnected array.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过提供第一基板来制造太阳能电池的方法; 在第一衬底上沉积形成包括至少顶部子电池和底部子电池的太阳能电池的半导体材料层序列; 将代替衬底安装在与底部子电池相邻的层序列的顶部上; 去除第一基板以暴露顶部子电池的表面; 去除替代底物; 并且将太阳能电池保持在真空吸盘上以支持其用于随后的制造操作,例如将互连件附接到太阳能电池以形成互连的阵列。

    Demounting of Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells
    7.
    发明申请
    Demounting of Inverted Metamorphic Multijunction Solar Cells 有权
    倒置变质多功能太阳能电池的拆卸

    公开(公告)号:US20100041178A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-02-18

    申请号:US12190449

    申请日:2008-08-12

    IPC分类号: H01L31/18

    摘要: A method of forming a multifunction solar cell including an upper subcell, a middle subcell, and a lower subcell by providing a first substrate for the epitaxial growth of semiconductor material; forming a first solar subcell on the substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over the first solar subcell having a second band gap smaller than the first band gap; forming a graded interlayer over the second subcell, the graded interlayer having a third band gap greater than the second band gap; forming a third solar subcell over the graded interlayer having a fourth band gap smaller than the second band gap such that the third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to the second subcell; attaching a surrogate second substrate over the third solar subcell and removing the first substrate; and etching a first trough around the periphery of the solar cell to the surrogate second substrate so as to form a mesa structure on the surrogate second substrate and facilitate the removal of said solar cell from the surrogate second substrate.

    摘要翻译: 一种通过提供用于半导体材料的外延生长的第一衬底来形成包括上部子电池,中间子电池和下部子电池的多结太阳能电池的方法; 在具有第一带隙的基板上形成第一太阳能子电池; 在所述第一太阳能子电池上形成具有小于所述第一带隙的第二带隙的第二太阳能子电池; 在所述第二子电池上形成渐变中间层,所述渐变中间层具有大于所述第二带隙的第三带隙; 在所述渐变中间层上形成具有小于所述第二带隙的第四带隙的第三太阳能子电池,使得所述第三子电池相对于所述第二子电池晶格失配; 在所述第三太阳能子电池上附接替代的第二衬底并移除所述第一衬底; 以及将围绕所述太阳能电池的周边的第一槽蚀刻到所述代理第二基板,以便在所述替代第二基板上形成台面结构,并且便于从所述替代第二基板移除所述太阳能电池。

    Epitaxial lift off in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells
    9.
    发明授权
    Epitaxial lift off in inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells 有权
    倒置变质多结太阳能电池外延提升

    公开(公告)号:US08778199B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-07-15

    申请号:US13465477

    申请日:2012-05-07

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a process for manufacturing a solar cell by selectively freeing an epitaxial layer from a single crystal substrate upon which it was grown. In some embodiments the process includes, among other things, providing a first substrate; depositing a separation layer on said first substrate; depositing on said separation layer a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; mounting and bonding a flexible support on top of the sequence of layers; etching said separation layer while applying an agitating action to the etchant solution so as to remove said flexible support with said epitaxial layer from said first substrate.

    摘要翻译: 本公开提供了一种通过从其生长的单晶衬底选择性地释放外延层来制造太阳能电池的方法。 在一些实施例中,该方法尤其包括提供第一基底; 在所述第一衬底上沉积分离层; 在所述分离层上沉积形成太阳能电池的半导体材料层序列; 将柔性支撑件安装并粘合在层序列之上; 蚀刻所述分离层,同时向蚀刻剂溶液施加搅拌作用,以便从所述第一基底上除去所述外延层的所述柔性载体。

    Growth substrates for inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells
    10.
    发明授权
    Growth substrates for inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells 有权
    倒置变质多结太阳能电池的生长衬底

    公开(公告)号:US07785989B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-31

    申请号:US12337014

    申请日:2008-12-17

    IPC分类号: H01L21/30 H01L21/46

    摘要: A method of manufacturing a solar cell by providing a gallium arsenide carrier with a prepared bonding surface; providing a sapphire substrate; bonding the gallium arsenide carrier and the sapphire substrate to produce a composite structure; detaching the bulk of the gallium arsenide carrier from the composite structure, leaving a gallium arsenide growth substrate on the sapphire substrate; and depositing a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell on the growth substrate. For some solar cells, the method further includes mounting a surrogate second substrate on top of the sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell; and removing the growth substrate.

    摘要翻译: 一种制造太阳能电池的方法,其通过提供具有制备的接合表面的砷化镓载体; 提供蓝宝石衬底; 键合砷化镓载体和蓝宝石衬底以产生复合结构; 从复合结构中分离大部分砷化镓载体,在蓝宝石衬底上留下砷化镓生长衬底; 以及在生长衬底上沉积形成太阳能电池的半导体材料层序列。 对于一些太阳能电池,该方法还包括将替代第二衬底安装在形成太阳能电池的半导体材料层序列之上; 并除去生长底物。