IP Library Granted Patent US 12,132,138
Granted Patent B2
US 12,132,138 · App. 18/367,235 · Granted Oct 29, 2024

Solar cell, manufacturing method thereof, and photovoltaic module

Inventors: Kun Yu (Zhejiang, CN); Changming Liu (Zhejiang, CN); Xinyu Zhang (Zhejiang, CN)
Assignees: SHANGHAI JINKO GREEN ENERGY ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.; ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR CO., LTD.
H01L31/1868H01L31/02366H01L31/03685H01L31/068H01L31/1824
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Patent No.
US 12,132,138
App. No.
18/367,235
Granted
Oct 29, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a solar cell, including: a semiconductor substrate, in which a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate having non-pyramid-shaped microstructures, the non-pyramid-shaped microstructures include two or more first substructures at least partially stacked on one another, and a one-dimensional size of the surface of the outermost first substructure is less than or equal to 45 μm; a first passivation layer located on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate; first and second tunnel oxide layers located on the non-pyramid-shaped microstructures; first and second doped conductive layers located on a surface of the first and second tunnel oxide layers, the first and second doped conductive layer has different conductive types; a second passivation layer located on a surface of the first and second doped conductive layers; and electrodes formed by penetrating through the second passivation layer to be in contact with the first and second doped conductive layers.

Claims (33)

1. A solar cell, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate, wherein a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate includes non-pyramid-shaped microstructures, the non-pyramid-shaped microstructures include two or more first substructures at least partially stacked on one another, a surface of the first substructure is a polygonal plane, and a one-dimensional size of the surface of the outermost first substructure is less than or equal to 45 μm;

a first passivation layer located on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a first tunnel oxide layer and a second tunnel oxide layer located on the non-pyramid-shaped microstructures of the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a first doped conductive layer located on a surface of the first tunnel oxide layer, and a second doped conductive layer located on a surface of the second tunnel oxide layer, wherein the first doped conductive layer has a conductive type different from the second doped conductive layer;

a second passivation layer located on a surface of the first and second doped conductive layers; and

electrodes formed by penetrating through the second passivation layer to be in contact with the first and second doped conductive layers.

2. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the front surface of the semiconductor substrate includes pyramid-shaped microstructures, the pyramid-shaped microstructures include a top portion away from the front surface of the semiconductor substrate and a bottom portion close to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, and in a direction away from the front surface and perpendicular to the front surface, a distance between the top portion and the bottom portion of the pyramid-shaped microstructures is less than or equal to 5 μm.

3. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first doped conductive layer and the second doped conductive layer are spaced from each other by a separation region.

4. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the electrode includes a first type electrode electrically connected to the first doped conductive layer and a second type electrode electrically connected to the second doped conductive layer.

5. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein for the two or more first substructures at least partially stacked on one another, in the direction away from the rear surface and perpendicular to the rear surface, a distance between the surface of the outermost first substructure and the surface of the adjacent first substructure is equal to or less than 2 μm.

6. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the polygonal plane of the first substructure includes at least one of a diamond, a square, a trapezoid, a substantially diamond, a substantially square or a substantially trapezoid.

7. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the non-pyramid-shaped microstructures include two or more adjacent second substructures that do not stacked on one another, and a one-dimensional size of a surface of the second substructure away from the rear surface is less than or equal to 45 μm.

8. The solar cell according to claim 7 , wherein the surface of the second substructure is a polygonal plane.

9. The solar cell according to claim 8 , wherein a shape of the polygonal plane of the second substructure includes at least one of a diamond, a square, a trapezoid, a substantially diamond, a substantially square or a substantially trapezoid.

10. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the second passivation layer includes at least one of a silicon nitride layer, a silicon oxide layer or a silicon oxynitride layer.

11. The solar cell according to claim 10 , wherein the second passivation layer has a thickness ranging from 70 nm to 120 nm.

12. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first tunnel oxide layer or the second tunnel oxide layer includes at least one of a silicon oxide layer, an aluminum oxide layer, a silicon oxynitride layer, a molybdenum oxide layer or a hafnium oxide layer.

13. The solar cell according to claim 12 , wherein the first tunnel oxide layer or the second tunnel oxide layer has a thickness ranging from 0.8 nm to 2 nm.

14. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a band gap width of the first tunnel oxide layer or the second tunnel oxide layer is greater than 3.0 eV.

15. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first passivation layer includes at least one of a silicon oxide layer, an aluminum oxide layer, a silicon nitride layer or a silicon oxynitride layer, wherein the first passivation layer has a thickness ranging from 10 nm to 120 nm.

16. The solar cell according to claim 15 , wherein the first passivation layer is a stacked layer of an aluminum oxide layer, a silicon nitride layer and a silicon oxynitride layer.

17. The solar cell according to claim 16 , wherein the aluminum oxide layer has a thickness ranging from 2 nm to 10 nm.

18. The solar cell according to claim 16 , wherein the silicon nitride layer has a thickness ranging from 40 nm to 80 nm.

19. The solar cell according to claim 16 , wherein the silicon oxynitride layer has a thickness ranging from 10 nm to 60 nm.

20. A photovoltaic module, comprising:

a plurality of solar cell strings, wherein each of the plurality of solar cell strings comprises solar cells, and at least one of the solar cells comprises

a semiconductor substrate, wherein a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate includes non-pyramid-shaped microstructures, the non-pyramid-shaped microstructures include two or more first substructures at least partially stacked on one another, a surface of the first substructure is a polygonal plane, and a one-dimensional size of the surface of the outermost first substructure is less than or equal to 45 μm;

a first passivation layer located on a front surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a first tunnel oxide layer and a second tunnel oxide layer located on non-pyramid-shaped microstructures of the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate;

a first doped conductive layer located on a surface of the first tunnel oxide layer, and a second doped conductive layer located on a surface of the second tunnel oxide layer, wherein the first doped conductive layer has a conductive type different from the second doped conductive layer; and

a second passivation layer located on a surface of the first and second doped conductive layers; and

electrodes formed by penetrating through the second passivation layer to be in contact with the first and second doped conductive layers.

Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110895225.8 · Aug 4, 2021 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18071430 · Nov 29, 2022
Continuation In Part 17964190 · Oct 12, 2022
Division 17459689 · Aug 27, 2021
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