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:
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 method for manufacturing a solar cell includes forming a conductive type region on one surface of a semiconductor substrate, and forming an electrode on the conductive type region, wherein the forming of the electrode includes forming a metal layer on an entire area of the conductive type region, forming a printed electrode layer having a pattern on the electrode layer, and forming an electrode layer between the conductive type region and the printed electrode layer, wherein the forming of the electrode layer includes patterning the metal layer by using the printed electrode layer as a mask.
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:
Discussed is a solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a conductive type region including a first conductive type region and a second conductive type region formed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate, an electrode including a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode is connected to the first conductive type region and the second electrode is connected to the second conductive type region, and a passivation layer formed on the conductive type region. The passivation layer includes at least one of silicon nitride and silicon carbide.
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 electrically connecting the first solar cell and the second solar cell, a front member positioned on a front surface of the plurality of solar cells, a back member positioned on a back surface of the plurality of solar cells, a first protection film positioned between the front member and the plurality of solar cells, and a second protection film positioned between the back member and the plurality of solar cells.
Abstract:
A solar cell and a solar cell module are disclosed. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate containing a crystalline silicon material, a first conductive region on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second conductive region positioned in a portion except the first conductive region from the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a conductive type opposite the first conductive region, a first electrode connected to the first conductive region, and a second electrode connected to the second conductive region. The back surface of the semiconductor substrate is divided into a first area extending in one direction at an edge of the entire back surface of the semiconductor substrate and a second area occupying a portion except the first area from the entire back surface of the semiconductor substrate.