IP Library Granted Patent US 10,714,654
Granted Patent B2
US 10,714,654 · App. 16/250,694 · Granted Jul 14, 2020

Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Kwangsun Ji (Seoul, KR); Jin-won Chung (Seoul, KR); Yujin Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H01L31/1872H01L31/02167H01L31/0745H01L31/182H01L31/1804Y02E10/547Y02P70/521
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Patent No.
US 10,714,654
App. No.
16/250,694
Granted
Jul 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate containing impurities of a first conductive type; a tunnel layer positioned on the semiconductor substrate; an emitter region positioned on the tunnel layer and containing impurities of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type; a dopant layer positioned on the emitter region and formed of a dielectric material containing impurities of the second conductive type; a first electrode connected to the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode configured to pass through the dopant layer, and connected to the emitter region.

Claims (16)

1. A solar cell comprising:

a semiconductor substrate containing impurities of a first conductive type;

a tunnel layer positioned on the semiconductor substrate;

an emitter region positioned on the tunnel layer and containing impurities of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type;

a dopant layer positioned on the emitter region and formed of a dielectric material containing impurities of the second conductive type;

a hydrogen injection layer positioned on a back surface of the dopant layer and formed of a dielectric material containing hydrogen at a higher concentration than that of the dopant layer;

a first electrode connected to the semiconductor substrate, and including a plurality of first finger electrodes and a plurality of first bus bars crossing the plurality of first finger electrodes; and

a second electrode configured to pass through both the hydrogen injection layer and the dopant layer, and connected to the emitter region, and including a plurality of second finger electrodes and a plurality of second bus bars crossing the plurality of second finger electrodes,

wherein a doping concentration of the second conductive type impurities contained in the emitter region and a crystallinity of the emitter region increase in the emitter region going away from the tunnel layer.

2. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein a first doping concentration of the second conductive type impurities in a first portion of the emitter region contacting the second electrode is 5*10 19 /cm 3 to 5*10 21 /cm 3 , and

wherein a second doping concentration of the second conductive type impurities in a second portion of the emitter region contacting the tunnel layer is lower than the first doping concentration, and is 5*10 18 /cm 3 to 5*10 20 /cm 3 .

3. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein a doping concentration of the emitter region successively decreases linearly or nonlinearly in the emitter region going from a first portion of the emitter region contacting the second electrode to a second portion of the emitter region contacting the tunnel layer.

4. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the emitter region is 50 nm to 150 nm, and

wherein a thickness of the dopant layer is 25 nm to 150 nm.

5. The solar cell of claim 1 , further comprising a front surface field region positioned on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate and containing impurities of the first conductive type at a higher concentration than that of the semiconductor substrate,

wherein the tunnel layer, the emitter region, and the dopant layer are positioned on a back surface of the semiconductor substrate.

Assignments (3)
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 Dec 11, 2023
From: SHANGRAO JINKO SOLAR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
To: SHANGRAO XINYUAN YUEDONG TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD
Reel/Frame 066044/0299 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2022
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: SHANGRAO JINKO SOLAR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 061571/0754 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0152372 · Nov 4, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14931591 · Nov 3, 2015
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