公开(公告)号：US20240282870A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18581984

申请日：2024-02-20

Applicant: HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH

Inventor： Florian STENZEL ,  Ansgar METTE ,  Stefan HOERNLEIN ,  Martin SCHAPER ,  Axel SCHWABEDISSEN ,  Janko CIESLAK ,  Eckehard HOFMUELLER ,  Stefan STOECKEL ,  Eve KRASSOWSKI

IPC: H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/0687

CPC classification number: H01L31/022458 ,  H01L31/022433 ,  H01L31/0687

Abstract: A method for improving the ohmic contact between a front contact grid and a doped layer of a wafer solar cell, including: providing the wafer solar cell; electrically contacting the front contact grid with a contacting device electrically connected to a pole of a voltage source; electrically contacting another contacting device electrically connected to the other pole of the voltage source with a back contact grid of the cell; applying a voltage directed against the forward direction of the cell to the front contact grid and the back contact grid with the voltage source, wherein the voltage is smaller than a breakdown voltage of cell; guiding a point light source over the sun-averted back side of the cell while the voltage is applied, wherein a partial region of the sun-averted back side is illuminated such that a current flow is induced in, and acts on, the partial region.

公开(公告)号：US20240282869A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18581071

申请日：2024-02-19

Applicant: HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH ,  CE Cell Engineering GmbH

Inventor： Florian STENZEL ,  Ansgar METTE ,  Stefan HOERNLEIN ,  Martin SCHAPER ,  Axel SCHWABEDISSEN ,  Janko CIESLAK ,  Eckehard HOFMUELLER ,  Stefan STOECKEL ,  Eve KRASSOWSKI

IPC: H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/18

CPC classification number: H01L31/022441 ,  H01L31/188

Abstract: A device for improving ohmic contact between a front contact and a doped layer of a wafer solar cell having a front, a back, the front contact, the doped layer and a back contact. The front and back contacts are strip-shaped or grid-shaped. The device having: two contacting apparatuses for electrically contacting the front and back contacts; a voltage source having a pole for electrical connection to one contacting apparatus and a pole for connection to the other contacting apparatus; and two point light sources to illuminate the front and the back. The contacting apparatuses each have: an optically-transparent material coated with an optically-transparent, electrically-conductive layer; an optically-transparent material having microscopically-thin, electrically-conductive wires integrated into a surface of the optically-transparent material; an optically-transparent, electrically-conductive material having microscopically-thin, electrically-conductive wires integrated into a surface of the optically-transparent, electrically-conductive material; or, a braid or a network of microscopically-thin, electrically-conductive wires.

公开(公告)号：US20240379895A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18688921

申请日：2022-09-08

Applicant: HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH

Inventor： Ansgar METTE ,  Martin SCHAPER ,  Stefan HÖRNLEIN ,  Michael QUINQUE ,  Tino WIECZOREK

IPC: H01L31/18

Abstract: A system for electrically contacting wafer solar cells with a front-face electrode, including: an upper contact device for electrically contacting the front-face electrode of the wafer solar cell, —a lower contact device for electrically contacting the rear-face electrode of the wafer solar cell, and an electric voltage source for applying a defined voltage to the wafer solar cell and regulating the flow of current between the upper and lower contact devices. The upper contact device and the lower contact device are designed to additionally mechanically convey the wafer solar cell along an in-line transport direction for an in-line production line for wafer solar cells while contacting the wafer solar cell.

公开(公告)号：US20240284689A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18581168

申请日：2024-02-19

Applicant: HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH ,  CE Cell Engineering GmbH

Inventor： Florian STENZEL ,  Ansgar METTE ,  Stefan HOERNLEIN ,  Martin SCHAPER ,  Axel SCHWABEDISSEN ,  Janko CIESLAK ,  Eckehard HOFMUELLER ,  Stefan STOECKEL ,  Eve KRASSOWSKI

IPC: H10K39/12 ,  H10K39/15

CPC classification number: H10K39/12 ,  H10K39/15

Abstract: A method for improving contact resistance of a multi-junction solar cell having a front and a back and multiple subcells, including: a) delivering the solar cell with front and back contacts in grid, strip or transparent form; b) contact-connecting one region of the back contact to a contact device connected to one pole of a voltage source, and the front contact or another region of the back contact, which is electrically insulated from the region, to another contact device, which is connected to the other pole of the voltage source; c) applying a voltage against the forward direction of the solar cell to the contacts, the voltage smaller than a solar cell breakdown voltage; d) guiding a point light source over the solar cell, a subregion of the front or back being illuminated, inducing current in the subregion, and illuminating the subregion with light beams of different wavelengths.

公开(公告)号：US20240282868A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-22

申请号：US18581681

申请日：2024-02-20

Applicant: HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH ,  CE Cell Engineering GmbH

Inventor： Florian STENZEL ,  Ansgar METTE ,  Stefan HOERNLEIN ,  Martin SCHAPER ,  Axel SCHWABEDISSEN ,  Janko CIESLAK ,  Eckehard HOFMUELLER ,  Stefan STOECKEL ,  Eve KRASSOWSKI

IPC: H01L31/0224 ,  H01L31/16

CPC classification number: H01L31/022433 ,  H01L31/022441 ,  H01L31/165

Abstract: A device for improving the ohmic contact between a front side contact and a doped layer of a wafer solar cell that includes a front side, a rear side and a rear side contact. The front side and/or the rear side contact are strips or grids. The device includes: a contacting unit for contacting the front or rear side contact; a further contacting unit for contacting the other contact; a voltage source having one pole for connection to the contact unit and another pole for connection to the further contacting unit; and a point light source to illuminate the front or rear side. The further contacting unit includes: an optically transparent material, coated using an optically transparent, electrically conductive layer; or an optically transparent material having microscopically-thin wires; or an optically transparent, electrically conductive material having microscopically-thin wires; or a mesh or a network made up of microscopically-thin wires.

公开(公告)号：US20230245868A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US17998541

申请日：2021-05-07

Applicant: HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH

Inventor： Martin SCHAPER

IPC: H01J37/32 ,  H01L21/673 ,  C23C16/46 ,  C23C16/458

CPC classification number: H01J37/32724 ,  C23C16/463 ,  C23C16/4583 ,  H01L21/6733 ,  H01L21/67316 ,  H01J2237/002 ,  H01J2237/026 ,  H01J2237/201 ,  H01J2237/3321

Abstract: A holding device for holding a plurality of substrates for plasma-enhanced deposition of a layer from the gas phase on the substrates, having: inner carrier plates, arranged parallel to one another and designed to carry substrates on mutually opposite sides; outer carrier plates, arranged parallel to the inner carrier plates and having an inner side facing the inner carrier plates, and an outer side facing away from the inner carrier plates, wherein each outer carrier plate is designed to carry one or more substrates on its inner side and to be free of substrates on its outer side; and shielding plates which are each arranged at a distance from the outer side of the outer carrier plate such that, as seen in a plan view of the outer carrier plates, the shielding plates at least predominantly shield the outer carrier plates, wherein each shielding plate is free of substrates.