Abstract:
A solar cell and a method for manufacturing the solar cell are discussed. An embodiment of the method includes forming an emitter region containing impurities of a second conductive type opposite a first conductive type at a back surface of a semiconductor substrate containing impurities of the first conductive type, forming a passivation layer paste containing impurities of the first conductive type on the emitter region, selectively performing a thermal process on a first partial area of the passivation layer paste to form a back surface field region containing impurities of the first conductive type at a partial area of the emitter region, forming a plurality of openings in partial areas of the passivation layer paste to form a passivation layer, forming a first electrode connected to the emitter region, and forming a second electrode connected to the back surface field region.
Abstract:
A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells comprising a first solar cell and a second solar cell adjacent to each other; a conductive ribbon, wherein each of the plurality of solar cells comprises: a substrate; an emitter layer of positioned on the substrate; a plurality of finger electrodes formed in a first direction, each finger electrode being electrically connected to the emitter layer; and at least one first collector formed in a second direction crossing the first direction, the at least one first collector being electrically connected to the plurality of finger electrodes, wherein the conductive ribbon is attached to the at least one first collector in the second direction by a conductive adhesive, and wherein the conductive ribbon is attached on a collector region where the at least one first collector is formed and a deletion where the at least one first collector is not formed.
Abstract:
A solar cell is discussed, which includes a tunneling layer on one surface of a semiconductor substrate; a first conductive type region on the tunneling layer; a second conductive type region on the tunneling layer; a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode connected to the first conductive type region and the second electrode connected to the second conductive type region. The tunneling layer includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is disposed to correspond to at least a part of the first and second conductive type regions and has a first thickness. At least a part of the second portion is disposed to correspond to a boundary portion between the first conductive type region and the second conductive type region. The second portion has a second thickness greater than the first thickness.
Abstract:
A solar cell includes a substrate, an emitter region including a lightly doped emitter region having a first sheet resistance and a heavily doped emitter region having a second sheet resistance less than the first sheet resistance, a first dielectric layer positioned on the emitter region, a first electrode including a first finger electrode positioned on the heavily doped emitter region in a first direction and a first bus bar electrode positioned on the lightly doped emitter region in a second direction, and a second electrode positioned on the substrate. The first finger electrode includes a seed layer contacting the heavily doped emitter region and a conductive metal layer formed on the seed layer, and the first bus bar electrode includes electrically conductive metal particles and a thermosetting resin.
Abstract:
Discussed is a method for manufacturing a solar cell including forming a lightly doped emitter region having a first sheet resistance at a first surface of a substrate, forming a dopant layer on the lightly doped emitter region, irradiating a laser beam onto the dopant layer to form a heavily doped emitter region having a second sheet resistance less than the first sheet resistance; forming a first finger electrode on the heavily doped emitter region in a first direction and forming a first bus bar electrode in a second direction to form a first electrode, and forming a second electrode on a second surface of the substrate, wherein the forming of the first bus bar electrode of the first electrode includes coating a bus bar paste including electrically conductive metal particles and a thermosetting resin and performing a predetermined temperature process on the bus bar paste.
Abstract:
A method for manufacturing a solar cell includes applying an electrode paste on a semiconductor substrate, the electrode paste including fine metal particles, a binder, and a solvent; and sintering the electrode paste using light to form an electrode, the sintering of the electrode paste to form the electrode including evaporating the solvent included in the electrode paste; and irradiating the light, after the evaporating of the solvent, to evaporate the binder included in the electrode paste and sinter the fine metal particles to form the electrode, the evaporating of the solvent and the irradiating of the light being performed at different temperatures, a temperature to evaporate the binder being higher than a temperature of the evaporating of the solvent, the solvent being evaporated at the temperature of about 80° C. to 150° C., and the binder being evaporated at the temperature of about 100° C. to 500° C.
Abstract:
A solar cell can include a substrate of a first conductive type; an emitter region of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type and which forms a p-n junction along with the substrate; an anti-reflection layer positioned on the emitter region; a front electrode part electrically connected to the emitter region; and a back electrode part electrically connected to the substrate, wherein the substrate including a first area formed of single crystal silicon and a second area formed of polycrystalline silicon, wherein a thickness of the anti-reflection layer positioned on the first area is less than a thickness of the anti-reflection layer positioned on the second area, wherein a roughness of an incident surface of the substrate in the first area is different from a roughness of the incident surface of the substrate in the second area, and wherein the emitter region is entirely formed on the incident surface of the substrate.
Abstract:
A solar cell can include a substrate of a first conductive type; an emitter layer of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, and positioned on the substrate; a plurality of finger electrodes formed in a first direction, each finger electrode being electrically connected to the emitter layer; a plurality of first collector regions; a plurality of first electrodes positioned in a plurality of first collector regions and extending in the first direction from the plurality of finger electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes positioned in the plurality of first collector regions and formed in a perpendicular direction crossing the first direction; a plurality of third electrodes positioned in the plurality of first collector regions, connecting two neighboring first electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes and formed in the perpendicular direction; and a plurality of deletions positioned in the plurality of first collector regions. Furthermore, one of the plurality of second electrodes is positioned between a pair of the plurality of first electrodes.
Abstract:
A solar cell is disclosed. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a conductive region formed at the semiconductor substrate and having a conductive type identical to or different from that of the semiconductor substrate, a passivation film formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the conductive region, and an electrode electrically connected to at least one of the semiconductor substrate and the conductive region. The passivation film includes a first layer formed on the conductive region and including silicon oxide, a second layer formed on the first layer and including an oxide having a negative charge, and a third layer formed on the second layer and having an index of refraction different from that of the second layer.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a solar cell including a semiconductor substrate including a semiconductor material, a tunneling layer disposed over one surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first conductive area and a second conductive area disposed over the tunneling layer and having opposite conductive types, and an electrode including a first electrode electrically connected to the first conductive area and a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive area. At least one of the first conductive area and the second conductive area is configured as a metal compound layer.