IP Library Granted Patent US 11,990,555
Granted Patent B2
US 11,990,555 · App. 17/483,689 · Granted May 21, 2024

Solar cell

Inventors: Jingsheng Jin (Shanghai, CN); Bike Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Xinyu Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: Jinko Green Energy (Shanghai) Management Co., LTD.; Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
H01L31/022425H01L31/02167
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Patent No.
US 11,990,555
App. No.
17/483,689
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provide a solar cell, including: a substrate, an interface passivation layer covering a rear surface of the substrate, and an electrode disposed at a side of the interface passivation layer facing away from the substrate, the interface passivation layer including a first interface passivation sub-layer corresponding to a portion of the interface passivation layer between adjacent electrodes and a second interface passivation sub-layer corresponding to a portion of the interface passivation layer where disposed between the substrate and the electrode; a field passivation layer, at least partially disposed between the interface passivation layer and the electrode; and a conductive enhancement layer, at least partially disposed at a side of the first interface passivation sub-layer away from the substrate to enable carriers in the first interface passivation sub-layer to flow to the electrode, where a resistivity of the conductive enhancement layer is smaller than a resistivity of the field passivation layer.

Claims (33)

1. A solar cell, comprising:

a substrate;

an interface passivation layer on a rear surface of the substrate, wherein the interface passivation layer includes a first interface passivation sub-layer and a second interface passivation sub-layer;

at least one electrode disposed at a side of the interface passivation layer facing away from the substrate, the first interface passivation sub-layer corresponding to a portion of the interface passivation layer between adjacent electrodes, and the second interface passivation sub-layer corresponding to a portion of the interface passivation layer between the substrate and the at least one electrode;

a field passivation layer, at least partially disposed between the interface passivation layer and the at least one electrode; and

a conductivity enhancement layer, at least partially disposed at a side of the first interface passivation sub-layer facing away from the substrate, and configured to enable carriers in the first interface passivation sub-layer to flow to the at least one electrode, wherein a resistivity of a material of the conductivity enhancement layer is smaller than a resistivity of a material of the field passivation layer, and the resistivity of the material of the conductivity enhancement layer is smaller than 0.0010 Ω·cm;

wherein the conductivity enhancement layer covers a surface of the interface passivation layer facing away from the substrate, the field passivation layer covers a surface of the conductivity enhancement layer facing away from the substrate, and the at least one electrode is configured to contact with the field passivation layer.

2. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the interface passivation layer is a dielectric layer with a tunneling effect, and the interface passivation layer is selected from a tunneling oxide layer or a tunneling nitride layer; and the interface passivation layer has a thickness of 1 to 4 nm.

3. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the conductivity enhancement layer includes at least one of: a conductive polymer, a metal silicide and an oxidized conductor.

4. The solar cell according to claim 3 , wherein the conductive polymer includes at least one of polyaniline, polypyrrole, polythiophene; the metal silicide includes at least one of titanium tungsten silicide, titanium silicide, cobalt silicide, nickel silicide; and the oxidized conductor includes at least one of ITO, AZO, CdOx, InOx, SnOx, ZnO.

5. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the resistivity of the material of the conductivity enhancement layer is further smaller than a resistivity of a material of the interface passivation layer.

6. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the conductivity enhancement layer is a multilayer structure including a plurality of film layers, wherein the plurality of film layers are disposed in a direction perpendicular to the rear surface of the substrate.

7. The solar cell according to claim 6 , wherein the conductivity enhancement layer includes a first conductivity enhancement sub-layer and a second conductivity enhancement sub-layer disposed in sequence in a direction away from the substrate;

wherein a contact resistance between the first conductivity enhancement sub-layer and the interface passivation layer is smaller than a contact resistance between the second conductivity enhancement sub-layer and the interface passivation layer; a resistivity of the second conductivity enhancement sub-layer is smaller than a resistivity of the first conductivity enhancement sub-layer.

8. The solar cell according to claim 6 , wherein the conductivity enhancement layer further includes a third conductivity enhancement sub-layer that is disposed between the second conductivity enhancement sub-layer and the field passivation layer;

wherein a contact resistance between the third conductivity enhancement sub-layer and the field passivation layer is smaller than a contact resistance between the second conductivity enhancement sub-layer and the field passivation layer; the resistivity of the second conductivity enhancement sub-layer is smaller than a resistivity of the third conductivity enhancement sub-layer.

9. A solar cell, comprising:

a substrate;

an interface passivation layer on a rear surface of the substrate, wherein the interface passivation layer includes a first interface passivation sub-layer and a second interface passivation sub-layer;

at least one electrode disposed at a side of the interface passivation layer facing away from the substrate, the first interface passivation sub-layer corresponding to a portion of the interface passivation layer between adjacent electrodes, and the second interface passivation sub-laver corresponding to a portion of the interface passivation layer between the substrate and the at least one electrode;

a field passivation layer, at least partially disposed between the interface passivation layer and the at least one electrode; and

a conductivity enhancement layer, at least partially disposed at a side of the first interface passivation sub-layer facing away from the substrate, and configured to enable carriers in the first interface passivation sub-layer to flow to the at least one electrode, wherein a resistivity of a material of the conductivity enhancement layer is smaller than a resistivity of a material of the field passivation layer, and the resistivity of the material of the conductivity enhancement layer is smaller than 0.0010 Ω·cm;

wherein the solar cell further comprises an emitter, a first passivation film, an antireflection film, and at least one electrode sequentially disposed on a front surface of the substrate, and a second passivation film disposed at a side of the field passivation layer facing away from the substrate.

10. The solar cell according to claim 9 , wherein the field passivation layer is configured to cover a surface of the interface passivation layer facing away from the substrate, wherein the field passivation layer includes a first field passivation sub-layer corresponding to a portion of the field passivation layer between adjacent electrodes and a second field passivation sub-layer corresponding to a portion of the field passivation layer between the substrate and the at least one electrode; and the conductivity enhancement layer is configured to cover at least part of the surface of the first field passivation sub-layer facing away from the substrate.

11. The solar cell according to claim 10 , wherein the conductivity enhancement layer is in contact with the at least one electrode.

12. The solar cell according to claim 10 , wherein the conductivity enhancement layer is separated from the at least one electrode by an air gap.

13. The solar cell according to claim 10 , wherein the conductivity enhancement layer is configured to cover the surface of the field passivation layer facing away from the substrate.

14. The solar cell according to claim 10 , wherein a groove is provided within the first field passivation sub-layer and the conductivity enhancement layer is configured to fill the groove.

15. The solar cell according to claim 14 , wherein the conductivity enhancement layer is in contact with the at least one electrode.

16. The solar cell according to claim 14 , wherein a doped ion concentration of a surface layer of a side wall and bottom of the groove is smaller than or equal to a doped ion concentration of a surface layer of the second field passivation sub-layer facing away from the substrate.

17. The solar cell according to claim 14 , wherein a material of the field passivation layer is at least one of doped polysilicon, amorphous silicon and monocrystalline silicon, and a material of the conductivity enhancement layer is metal silicide formed by directly doping a metal material to the field passivation layer.

18. The solar cell according to claim 14 , wherein the groove is arc-shaped, and an opening width of the groove is at least equal to a width of the first field passivation sub-layer and a width of the first interface passivation sub-layer in an arrangement direction of adjacent second electrodes.

19. The solar cell according to claim 14 , wherein the groove has a square shape, and the opening width of the groove is smaller than a thickness of the first field passivation sub-layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2025
From: JINKO GREEN ENERGY (SHANGHAI) MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.; ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD.
To: JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071550/0169 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: JIN, JINGSHENG; ZHANG, BIKE; ZHANG, XINYU
To: JINKO GREEN ENERGY (SHANGHAI) MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.; ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057938/0702 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202011308762.X · Nov 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17112850 · Dec 4, 2020
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