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公开(公告)号:US12027639B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-02
申请号:US17667194
申请日:2022-02-08
Applicant: SolAero Technologies Corp.
Inventor: John Hart , Daniel Derkacs , Zachary Bittner , Andrew Espenlaub
IPC: H01L31/0725 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/0735 , H01L31/18
CPC classification number: H01L31/0725 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/0735 , H01L31/184
Abstract: A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap and positioned for receiving an incoming light beam; and a second solar subcell disposed below and adjacent to and lattice matched with said upper first solar subcell, and having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; wherein at least one of the solar subcells has a graded band gap throughout the thickness of at least a portion of its emitter layer and base layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11916159B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-27
申请号:US17986663
申请日:2022-11-14
Applicant: SolAero Technologies Corp.
Inventor: John Hart , Daniel Derkacs , Zachary Bittner , Andrew Espenlaub
IPC: H01L31/0725 , H01L31/0735 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/18
CPC classification number: H01L31/0725 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/0735 , H01L31/184
Abstract: A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having a first band gap and positioned for receiving an incoming light beam; and a second solar subcell disposed below and adjacent to and lattice matched with said upper first solar subcell, and having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; wherein at least one of the solar subcells has a graded band gap throughout the thickness of at least a portion of its emitter layer and base layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20230361234A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-09
申请号:US18221462
申请日:2023-07-13
Applicant: SolAero Technologies Corp.
Inventor: JOHN HART , DANIEL DERKACS , ZACHARY BITTNER , ANDREW ESPENLAUB
IPC: H01L31/0735 , H01L31/0693 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/0687 , H01L31/0725
CPC classification number: H01L31/0735 , H01L31/0693 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/0687 , H01L31/0725
Abstract: A multijunction solar cell including an upper first solar subcell having an emitter and base layers forming a photoelectric junction; a second solar subcell disposed under and adjacent to the upper first solar subcell, and having an emitter and base layers forming a photoelectric junction; and a third solar subcell disposed under and adjacent to the second solar subcell and having an emitter and base layers forming a photoelectric junction; wherein at least one of the base and emitter layers of at least a particular solar subcell from among the upper first solar subcell, the second solar subcell, and the third solar subcell has a graded band gap throughout at least a portion of thickness of its active layer adjacent to the photoelectric junction and being in a range of 20 to 300 MeV greater than a band gap in the active layer away from the photoelectric junction.
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公开(公告)号:US20180240671A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:US15901363
申请日:2018-02-21
Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Inventor: David Fenning , Ernesto Magana
IPC: H01L21/228 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/18 , H01L21/02
CPC classification number: H01L21/228 , H01L21/02057 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/1804 , Y02E10/50 , Y02P70/521
Abstract: A method for forming a doped silicon layer or a silicon alloy includes providing a silicon substrate having a silicon surface. An eutectic-former layer with dopant is formed on the silicon surface. Heating is conducted past a system eutectic temperature of the eutectic-former layer and silicon to form a liquid eutectic melt that incorporates some of the silicon near-surface into the liquid eutectic melt. Cooling to supersaturate the liquid eutectic melt with silicon and recrystallize silicon doped with the dopant. A silicon solar cell includes an emitter layer within a silicon substrate. A p-n junction is defined by a junction of the emitter layer with the remaining silicon substrate. The emitter has a doping profile with a doping concentration at the p-n junction that is equal or greater than the doping concentration at a surface of the emitter layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20180226247A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-09
申请号:US15942871
申请日:2018-04-02
Inventor: Premjeet CHAHAL , Tim HOGAN , Amanpreet KAUR
IPC: H01L21/02 , H01L31/18 , H01L31/0745 , H01L31/065
CPC classification number: H01L21/02529 , H01L21/02118 , H01L21/02345 , H01L21/02381 , H01L21/02658 , H01L21/02667 , H01L21/02686 , H01L21/02689 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/0745 , H01L31/1812 , Y02E10/50
Abstract: A heterojunction device is provided. The heterojunction device includes a silicon (Si) substrate; and a film of silicon carbide (SiC) deposited on a surface of the Si substrate. The SiC has a Si:C ratio that increases or decreases from a SiC surface in contact with the Si substrate to an opposing SiC surface that is not in contact with the Si substrate.
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公开(公告)号:US09935228B2
公开(公告)日:2018-04-03
申请号:US14830480
申请日:2015-08-19
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Youngsung Yang , Junghoon Choi , Chungyi Kim
IPC: H01L31/068 , H01L31/0224 , H01L31/0352 , H01L31/0745 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/18 , H01L31/0747
CPC classification number: H01L31/068 , H01L31/022425 , H01L31/022441 , H01L31/035209 , H01L31/035272 , H01L31/03529 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/0745 , H01L31/0747 , H01L31/18 , Y02E10/50
Abstract: A solar cell is discussed, and the solar cell includes: a semiconductor substrate; a tunneling layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate; a buffer layer on the tunneling layer, wherein the buffer layer is a separate layer from the tunneling layer and includes an intrinsic buffer portion, and wherein at least one of a material, a composition and a crystalline structure of the buffer layer is different from those of the tunneling layer; a conductive type region on the tunneling layer, and including a first conductive type region having a first conductive type and a second conductive type region having a second conductive type; and an electrode connected to the conductive type region. The buffer layer is positioned adjacent to the tunneling layer and is apart from the electrode.
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公开(公告)号:US20170250302A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-31
申请号:US15592669
申请日:2017-05-11
Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Inventor: Talia S. Gershon , Marinus J.P. Hopstaken , Jeehwan Kim , Yun Seog Lee
IPC: H01L31/065 , H01L31/18 , H01L31/0368 , H01L31/032 , H01L31/0224
CPC classification number: H01L31/065 , H01L31/022466 , H01L31/0326 , H01L31/0368 , H01L31/1864 , H01L31/1884 , Y02E10/50
Abstract: A method for fabricating a photovoltaic device includes forming a polycrystalline absorber layer including Cu—Zn—Sn—S(Se) (CZTSSe) over a substrate. The absorber layer is rapid thermal annealed in a sealed chamber having elemental sulfur within the chamber. A sulfur content profile is graded in the absorber layer in accordance with a size of the elemental sulfur and an anneal temperature to provide a graduated bandgap profile for the absorber layer. Additional layers are formed on the absorber layer to complete the photovoltaic device.
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公开(公告)号:US09660126B2
公开(公告)日:2017-05-23
申请号:US13312780
申请日:2011-12-06
Applicant: Wladyslaw Walukiewicz , Lothar A. Reichertz , Iulian Gherasoiu
Inventor: Wladyslaw Walukiewicz , Lothar A. Reichertz , Iulian Gherasoiu
IPC: H01L31/0352 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/0304 , H01L31/072
CPC classification number: H01L31/065 , H01L31/03048 , H01L31/072 , Y02E10/544 , Y02P70/521
Abstract: A photovoltaic device having three dimensional (3D) charge separation and collection, where charge separation occurs in 3D depletion regions formed between a p-type doped group III-nitride material in the photovoltaic device and intrinsic structural imperfections extending through the material. The p-type group III-nitride alloy is compositionally graded to straddle the Fermi level pinning by the intrinsic structural imperfections in the material at different locations in the group III-nitride alloy. A field close to the surfaces of the intrinsic defects separates photoexcited electron-hole pairs and drives the separated electrons to accumulate at the surfaces of the intrinsic defects. The intrinsic defects function as n-type conductors and transport the accumulated electrons to the material surface for collection. The compositional grading also creates a potential that drives the accumulated separated electrons toward an n-type group III-nitride layer for collection. The p-type group III-nitride alloy may comprise an alloy of InGaN, InAlN or InGaAlN.
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公开(公告)号:US09653628B2
公开(公告)日:2017-05-16
申请号:US14202049
申请日:2014-03-10
Applicant: TSMC Solar Ltd.
Inventor: Chien-Yao Huang
IPC: H01L31/0352 , H01L31/0749 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/032 , H01L21/02
CPC classification number: H01L31/0352 , H01L21/02485 , H01L21/0251 , H01L21/02568 , H01L21/02587 , H01L21/02614 , H01L21/02631 , H01L31/0322 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/0749 , Y02E10/50 , Y02E10/541
Abstract: A photovoltaic device includes a substrate, a back contact layer disposed above the substrate, and an absorber layer disposed above the back contact layer. The absorber layer includes at least two regions at respectively different horizontally locations. Each respective region has a respectively different concentration profile of an ingredient at a respective depth of the absorber layer.
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公开(公告)号:US20170077341A1
公开(公告)日:2017-03-16
申请号:US15308906
申请日:2015-04-23
Applicant: Solar Frontier K.K.
Inventor: Hiroki SUGIMOTO , Takuya KATOU , Noriyuki SAKAI
IPC: H01L31/0749
CPC classification number: H01L31/0749 , H01L31/0326 , H01L31/065 , H01L31/072 , Y02E10/50
Abstract: This solar cell is provided with a substrate (11), a first electrode layer (12) which is arranged on the substrate (11), a p-type CZTS light absorption layer (13) which is arranged on the first electrode layer (12) and which contains copper, zinc, tin, and group VI elements including sulfur and selenium, and an n-type second electrode layer (15) which is arranged on the CZTS light absorption layer (13), wherein the sulfur concentration in the group VI elements in the CZTS light absorption layer (13) increases, in the depth direction, from the side facing the second electrode layer (15) towards the side facing the first electrode layer (12).
Abstract translation: 该太阳能电池设置有基板(11),布置在基板(11)上的第一电极层(12),配置在第一电极层(12)上的p型CZTS光吸收层 ),其含有包含硫和硒的铜,锌,锡和VI族元素,以及布置在CZTS光吸收层(13)上的n型第二电极层(15),其中组中的硫浓度 CZTS光吸收层(13)中的VI元件在深度方向上从面向第二电极层(15)的一侧向面向第一电极层(12)的一侧增加。
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