IP Library Granted Patent US 9,634,160
Granted Patent B2
US 9,634,160 · App. 14/605,462 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 9,634,160
App. No.
14/605,462
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing asolar cell includes texturing a front surface of a semiconductor substrate having a first conductive type dopant by using a dry etching method, forming an emitter layer by ion-implanting a second conductive type dopant into the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming a back passivation film on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate; and forming a first electrode electrically connected to the emitter layer and a second electrode being in partial contact with the back surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Claims (27)

1. A solar cell, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a base dopant of a first conductive type, wherein a front surface of the semiconductor substrate has a surface roughness larger than that of a back surface of the semiconductor substrate;

an emitter layer adjacent to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a second conductive type;

a back surface field layer on the semiconductor substrate having a first conductive type dopant of the first conductive type;

a front passivation film for passivating the front surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a back passivation film for passivating the back surface of the semiconductor substrate and having a contact hole;

a first electrode electrically connected to the emitter layer; and

a second electrode in partial contact with the back surface of the semiconductor substrate through the contact hole,

wherein the back passivation film comprises the first conductive type dopant, and

wherein the second electrode comprises the first conductive type dopant,

wherein a portion of the back surface field layer is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and a back passivation film, and

wherein an another portion of the back surface field layer is disposed between the semiconductor substrate and the second electrode,

wherein the portion of the back surface field layer and the back passivation film comprise a same conductive dopant material, and

wherein the another portion of the back surface field layer and the second electrode comprise a same conductive dopant material,

a protrusion of the second electrode is protruded from the back passivation film and, an end of the protrusion of the second electrode contacts the back surface field layer.

2. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first conductive type is a p-type and the second conductive type is an n-type, and

wherein the back passivation film comprises a p-type oxidation film.

3. The solar cell according to claim 2 , wherein the p-type oxidation film comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of a rare earth oxide, an aluminum oxide, and a zirconium oxide.

4. The solar cell according to claim 2 , wherein the front passivation film comprises a silicon oxide film.

5. The solar cell according to claim 2 , wherein the back passivation film further comprises a silicon oxide film on the p-type oxidation film.

6. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode comprises aluminum, and the back passivation film comprises aluminum oxide.

7. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the back surface field layer is on the back passivation film and the second electrode.

8. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the back passivation film comprises a compound including the first conductive type dopant and oxygen.

9. The solar cell according to claim 8 , wherein the first conductive type dopant comprises aluminum, and

wherein the back passivation film comprises an aluminum oxide.

10. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the surface roughness of the front surface of the semiconductor substrate is 300-600 nm.

11. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the surface roughness of the back surface of the semiconductor substrate is 100 nm or less.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: SHANGRAO XINYUAN YUEDONG TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
To: TRINA SOLAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066831/0802 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 30, 2023
From: SHANGRAO JINKO SOLAR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
To: SHANGRAO XINYUAN YUEDONG TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 065725/0706 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: SHANGRAO JINKO SOLAR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061571/0764 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2015
From: LEE, KYOUNGSOO; SHIN, MYUNGJUN; JEONG, JIWEON
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 034813/0518 →