IP Library Granted Patent US 9,954,135
Granted Patent B2
US 9,954,135 · App. 14/901,778 · Granted Apr 24, 2018

Solar cell manufacturing method

Inventors: Takahiro Hiramatsu (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Orita (Tokyo, JP); Takahiro Shirahata (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Kawaharamura (Kochi, JP); Shizuo Fujita (Kyoto, JP)
Assignees: Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation; Kyoto University; Kochi Prefectural Public University Corporation
H01L31/1868H01L31/028H01L31/0216Y02E10/547Y02P70/521
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Patent No.
US 9,954,135
App. No.
14/901,778
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing solar cell includes the following. A solution containing aluminum elements is misted. The misted solution is sprayed onto the main surface of a p-type silicon substrate in the atmosphere, to thereby form an aluminum oxide film. Then, a solar cell is produced using the p-type silicon substrate including the aluminum oxide film formed thereon.

Claims (5)

1. A method for manufacturing solar cell, comprising:

(A) preparing a silicon substrate of p-type conductivity;

(B) forming an aluminum oxide passivation film on a main surface of said silicon substrate by spraying a misted solution containing aluminum elements onto said main surface of said silicon substrate at atmospheric pressure while supplying ozone to said silicon substrate; and

(C) producing a solar cell using said silicon substrate including said passivation film formed thereon,

wherein said misted solution is obtained by applying ultrasonic waves to a solution containing aluminum elements.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 26, 2024
From: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: TMEIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067244/0359 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2015
From: HIRAMATSU, TAKAHIRO; ORITA, HIROYUKI; SHIRAHATA, TAKAHIRO; KAWAHARAMURA, TOSHIYUKI; FUJITA, SHIZUO
To: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION; KYOTO UNIVERSITY; KOCHI PREFECTURAL PUBLIC UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037374/0327 →
Continuity (1)
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