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公开(公告)号:US20100258185A1
公开(公告)日:2010-10-14
申请号:US12820522
申请日:2010-06-22
申请人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
发明人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
IPC分类号: H01L31/0236
CPC分类号: E06B7/08 , B32B37/02 , B32B37/12 , B32B38/0004 , B32B38/06 , B32B2310/0843 , B32B2311/00 , B32B2311/24 , B32B2367/00 , B32B2457/12 , H01L31/02366 , Y02E10/50
摘要: Provided herein are textured substrates for thin-film solar cells. According to various embodiments, the textured substrates are characterized by substrate patterns exhibiting low-frequency roughness or flatness and long range order. The substrates may be metallic or non-metallic substrates, and in certain embodiments are stainless steel foils. According to various embodiments, the substrates may be provided in the form of a web, ready for deposition of thin-film photovoltaic stacks. Also provided are textured back contact thin films.
摘要翻译: 本文提供了用于薄膜太阳能电池的纹理衬底。 根据各种实施例,纹理化衬底的特征在于表现出低频粗糙度或平坦度和长距离顺序的衬底图案。 基底可以是金属或非金属基底,并且在某些实施例中是不锈钢箔。 根据各种实施例,基板可以以网状的形式提供,准备用于沉积薄膜光伏堆叠。 还提供纹理背面接触薄膜。
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公开(公告)号:US08586398B2
公开(公告)日:2013-11-19
申请号:US12820560
申请日:2010-06-22
申请人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
发明人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
IPC分类号: H01L21/02
CPC分类号: E06B7/08 , B32B37/02 , B32B37/12 , B32B38/0004 , B32B38/06 , B32B2310/0843 , B32B2311/00 , B32B2311/24 , B32B2367/00 , B32B2457/12 , H01L31/0322 , H01L31/0392 , H01L31/03923 , H01L31/03925 , H01L31/03928 , H01L31/206 , Y02E10/541 , Y02P70/521
摘要: Provided herein are methods of incorporating additives into thin-film solar cell substrates and back contacts. In certain embodiments, sodium is incorporated into a substrate or a back contact of a thin-film photovoltaic stack where it can diffuse into a CIGS or other absorber layer to improve efficiency and/or growth of the layer. The methods involve laser treating the substrate or back contact in the presence of a sodium (or sodium-containing) solid or vapor to thereby incorporate sodium into the surface of the substrate or back contact. In certain embodiments, the surface is simultaneously smoothed.
摘要翻译: 本文提供将添加剂掺入到薄膜太阳能电池基板和背接触中的方法。 在某些实施方案中,将钠掺入到薄膜光伏堆栈的衬底或背接触中,其中它可以扩散到CIGS或其它吸收层中以提高层的效率和/或生长。 所述方法涉及在钠(或含钠)固体或蒸汽的存在下激光处理基底或背接触,从而将钠掺入基底或背接触的表面。 在某些实施例中,表面同时平滑。
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公开(公告)号:US5942279A
公开(公告)日:1999-08-24
申请号:US832024
申请日:1997-04-02
申请人: Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu
发明人: Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu
CPC分类号: G11B5/82 , G11B5/8404 , G11B5/6011
摘要: A method and apparatus for texturing a landing zone on a substrate of a magnetic disk to reduce stiction between a magnetic transducer head and the disk is provided. The method includes projecting discrete pressurized fluid droplets to impact a substrate surface of the substrate with sufficient momentum to form cavities in a selected annular area of the substrate surface, the selected annular area with cavities therein being of sufficient width to provide a textured landing zone for the magnetic transducer head. A magnetic disk for storing data readable by a transducer head is also provided. The disk includes a rigid substrate. A textured landing zone is provided on the disk for engaging the transducer head. The textured landing zone is formed by the steps of directing a stream of discrete pressurized fluid droplets against the substrate to create roughness therein and moving the substrate and stream of droplets relative to one another in order to create an annular area of roughness. An underlayer is deposited over the substrate with the underlayer substantially replicating a surface topography of the substrate. A magnetic layer is deposited over the underlayer with the magnetic layer substantially replicating a surface topography of the underlayer and a cover layer is deposited over the magnetic layer with the cover layer substantially replicating a surface topography of the magnetic layer.
摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于在磁盘的基板上纹理化着陆区域以减少磁换能器头与磁盘之间的静摩擦的方法和装置。 该方法包括突出离散的加压流体液滴以足够的动量冲击衬底的衬底表面,以在衬底表面的选定的环形区域中形成空腔,其中具有足够宽度的空腔,以提供纹理着色区域 磁换能器头。 还提供了用于存储由换能器头可读的数据的磁盘。 盘包括刚性基底。 在盘上设有纹理着陆区,用于接合换能器头。 纹理着陆区通过以下步骤形成:将分立的加压流体液滴流引导到基底上以在其中产生粗糙度,并且相对于彼此移动基底和液滴流,以便产生环形粗糙区域。 底层沉积在衬底上,底层基本上复制了衬底的表面形貌。 磁性层沉积在底层上,磁性层基本上复制了底层的表面形貌,并且覆盖层沉积在磁性层上,覆盖层基本上复制了磁性层的表面形貌。
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公开(公告)号:US08536054B2
公开(公告)日:2013-09-17
申请号:US12820455
申请日:2010-06-22
申请人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
发明人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
CPC分类号: E06B7/08 , B32B37/02 , B32B37/12 , B32B38/0004 , B32B38/06 , B32B2310/0843 , B32B2311/00 , B32B2311/24 , B32B2367/00 , B32B2457/12 , H01L31/0236 , H01L31/0392
摘要: Provided herein are methods of polishing and texturing surfaces thin-film photovoltaic cell substrates. The methods involve laser irradiation of a surface having a high frequency roughness in an area of 5-200 microns to form a shallow and rapidly expanding melt pool, followed by rapid cooling of the material surface. The minimization of surface tension causes the surface to re-solidify in a locally smooth surface. the high frequency roughness drops over the surface with a lower frequency bump or texture pattern remaining from the re-solidification.
摘要翻译: 本文提供了抛光和纹理化表面薄膜光伏电池基板的方法。 该方法涉及在5-200微米的区域中激光照射具有高频率粗糙度的表面,以形成浅而快速膨胀的熔池,随后快速冷却材料表面。 表面张力的最小化导致表面在局部光滑的表面中再固化。 高频率粗糙度在表面上下降,再次固化时残留有较低的频率凸起或纹理图案。
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公开(公告)号:US20100258982A1
公开(公告)日:2010-10-14
申请号:US12820455
申请日:2010-06-22
申请人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
发明人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
CPC分类号: E06B7/08 , B32B37/02 , B32B37/12 , B32B38/0004 , B32B38/06 , B32B2310/0843 , B32B2311/00 , B32B2311/24 , B32B2367/00 , B32B2457/12 , H01L31/0236 , H01L31/0392
摘要: Provided herein are methods of polishing and texturing surfaces thin-film photovoltaic cell substrates. The methods involve laser irradiation of a surface having a high frequency roughness in an area of 5-200 microns to form a shallow and rapidly expanding melt pool, followed by rapid cooling of the material surface. The minimization of surface tension causes the surface to re-solidify in a locally smooth surface. the high frequency roughness drops over the surface with a lower frequency bump or texture pattern remaining from the re-solidification.
摘要翻译: 本文提供了抛光和纹理化表面薄膜光伏电池基板的方法。 该方法涉及在5-200微米的区域中激光照射具有高频率粗糙度的表面,以形成浅而快速膨胀的熔池,随后快速冷却材料表面。 表面张力的最小化导致表面在局部光滑的表面中再固化。 高频率粗糙度在表面上下降,再次固化时残留有较低的频率凸起或纹理图案。
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公开(公告)号:US20100255630A1
公开(公告)日:2010-10-07
申请号:US12820560
申请日:2010-06-22
申请人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
发明人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
IPC分类号: H01L31/032 , B05D3/06
CPC分类号: E06B7/08 , B32B37/02 , B32B37/12 , B32B38/0004 , B32B38/06 , B32B2310/0843 , B32B2311/00 , B32B2311/24 , B32B2367/00 , B32B2457/12 , H01L31/0322 , H01L31/0392 , H01L31/03923 , H01L31/03925 , H01L31/03928 , H01L31/206 , Y02E10/541 , Y02P70/521
摘要: Provided herein are methods of incorporating additives into thin-film solar cell substrates and back contacts. In certain embodiments, sodium is incorporated into a substrate or a back contact of a thin-film photovoltaic stack where it can diffuse into a CIGS or other absorber layer to improve efficiency and/or growth of the layer. The methods involve laser treating the substrate or back contact in the presence of a sodium (or sodium-containing) solid or vapor to thereby incorporate sodium into the surface of the substrate or back contact. In certain embodiments, the surface is simultaneously smoothed.
摘要翻译: 本文提供将添加剂掺入到薄膜太阳能电池基板和背接触中的方法。 在某些实施方案中,将钠掺入到薄膜光伏堆栈的衬底或背接触中,其中它可以扩散到CIGS或其它吸收层中以提高层的效率和/或生长。 所述方法涉及在钠(或含钠)固体或蒸汽的存在下激光处理基底或背接触,从而将钠掺入基底或背接触的表面。 在某些实施例中,表面同时平滑。
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公开(公告)号:US08546172B2
公开(公告)日:2013-10-01
申请号:US12820489
申请日:2010-06-22
申请人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
发明人: Dallas W. Meyer , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , William James McColl
IPC分类号: H01L21/02
CPC分类号: E06B7/08 , B32B37/02 , B32B37/12 , B32B38/0004 , B32B38/06 , B32B2310/0843 , B32B2311/00 , B32B2311/24 , B32B2367/00 , B32B2457/12 , H01L31/022425
摘要: Provided herein are methods of polishing, cleaning and texturing back contacts of thin-film solar cells. According to various embodiments, the methods involve irradiating sites on the back contact with laser beams to remove contaminants and/or smooth the surface of the back contact. The back contact, e.g., a molybdenum, copper, or niobium thin-film, is smoothed prior to deposition of the absorber and other thin-films of the photovoltaic stack. In certain embodiments, laser polishing of the back contact is used to enhance the diffusion barrier characteristics of the back contact layer, with all or a surface layer of the back contact becoming essentially amorphous. In certain embodiments, the adhesion of the absorber layer is enhanced by the textured back contact and by the presence of the amorphous metal at the deposition surface.
摘要翻译: 本文提供了对薄膜太阳能电池的接触进行抛光,清洁和纹理化的方法。 根据各种实施例,所述方法包括用激光束照射背面接触部位以去除污染物和/或平滑背面接触表面。 在沉积光伏堆叠的吸收体和其它薄膜之前,将后接触,例如钼,铜或铌薄膜平滑化。 在某些实施例中,后接触件的激光抛光用于增强背接触层的扩散阻挡特性,其中后接触点的全部或表面层基本上是无定形的。 在某些实施方案中,吸收层的粘附通过织构化的背面接触和沉积表面处非晶态金属的存在来增强。
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公开(公告)号:US20100043863A1
公开(公告)日:2010-02-25
申请号:US12566555
申请日:2009-09-24
申请人: Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Steven Douglas Flanders , William James McColl
发明人: Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Steven Douglas Flanders , William James McColl
IPC分类号: H01L31/042 , H01L31/00 , H01B5/00
CPC分类号: H01L31/0504 , H01L31/0201 , H01L31/0445 , H01L31/0512 , Y02E10/50
摘要: An interconnect assembly. The interconnect assembly includes a trace that includes a plurality of electrically conductive portions. The plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured both to collect current from a first solar cell and to interconnect electrically to a second solar cell. In addition, the plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured such that solar-cell efficiency is substantially undiminished in an event that any one of the plurality of electrically conductive portions is conductively impaired.
摘要翻译: 互连组件。 互连组件包括包括多个导电部分的迹线。 多个导电部分被配置成从第一太阳能电池收集电流并且电连接到第二太阳能电池。 此外,多个导电部分被配置为使得在多个导电部分中的任一个导电损坏的情况下,太阳能电池效率基本上不减弱。
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公开(公告)号:US20090235979A1
公开(公告)日:2009-09-24
申请号:US12052476
申请日:2008-03-20
申请人: Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , Jason Stephan Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Steven Douglas Flanders , William James McColl
发明人: Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , Jason Stephan Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Steven Douglas Flanders , William James McColl
CPC分类号: H01L31/0201 , H01L31/022425 , H01L31/042 , H01L31/0508 , H01L31/0512 , H01L31/188 , Y02E10/50 , Y10T29/49117
摘要: An interconnect assembly. The interconnect assembly includes a trace that includes a plurality of electrically conductive portions. The plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured both to collect current from a first solar cell and to interconnect electrically to a second solar cell. In addition, the plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured such that solar-cell efficiency is substantially undiminished in an event that any one of the plurality of electrically conductive portions is conductively impaired.
摘要翻译: 互连组件。 互连组件包括包括多个导电部分的迹线。 多个导电部分被配置成从第一太阳能电池收集电流并且电连接到第二太阳能电池。 此外,多个导电部分被配置为使得在多个导电部分中的任一个导电损坏的情况下,太阳能电池效率基本上不减弱。
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公开(公告)号:US08912429B2
公开(公告)日:2014-12-16
申请号:US12052476
申请日:2008-03-20
申请人: Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Steven Douglas Flanders , William James McColl
发明人: Mulugeta Zerfu Wudu , Jason Stephen Corneille , Steven Thomas Croft , Steven Douglas Flanders , William James McColl
IPC分类号: H01L31/00 , H01L31/0224 , H01L31/042
CPC分类号: H01L31/0201 , H01L31/022425 , H01L31/042 , H01L31/0508 , H01L31/0512 , H01L31/188 , Y02E10/50 , Y10T29/49117
摘要: An interconnect assembly. The interconnect assembly includes a trace that includes a plurality of electrically conductive portions. The plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured both to collect current from a first solar cell and to interconnect electrically to a second solar cell. In addition, the plurality of electrically conductive portions is configured such that solar-cell efficiency is substantially undiminished in an event that any one of the plurality of electrically conductive portions is conductively impaired.
摘要翻译: 互连组件。 互连组件包括包括多个导电部分的迹线。 多个导电部分被配置成从第一太阳能电池收集电流并且电连接到第二太阳能电池。 此外,多个导电部分被配置为使得在多个导电部分中的任一个导电损坏的情况下,太阳能电池效率基本上不减弱。
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