Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100132792 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate, at least one emitter layer on the substrate, at least one first electrode electrically connected to the at least one emitter layer, and at least one second electrode electrically connected to the substrate. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is formed using a plating method. | 06-03-2010 |
20100193027 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type, an anti-reflection layer that is positioned on the substrate and is formed of a transparent conductive oxide material, a plurality of emitter layers on the substrate, the plurality of emitter layers being of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, a plurality of first electrodes on the plurality of emitter layers, and a plurality of second electrodes that are electrically connected to the substrate and are positioned to be spaced apart from the plurality of first electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are positioned on the same surface of the substrate. | 08-05-2010 |
20110056544 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate containing first impurities of a first conductive type, an emitter layer containing second impurities of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, a first electrode electrically connected to the emitter layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the substrate. The emitter layer and the substrate form a p-n junction. A doping concentration of the second impurities of the emitter layer linearly or nonlinearly changes depending on a depth of a position within the emitter layer. | 03-10-2011 |
20110056545 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is discussed. The solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type, an emitter region of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type that is positioned on the substrate, a first field region of the first conductive type that is positioned on the substrate to be separated from the emitter region, a first electrode electrically connected to the emitter region, a second electrode electrically connected to the first field region, and an insulating region positioned on at least one of the emitter region and the first field region. | 03-10-2011 |
20110056550 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a substrate that contains first impurities of a first conductive type and is formed of a crystalline semiconductor, a first field region that is positioned on an incident surface of the substrate and contains second impurities of a second conductive type, an emitter region that contains third impurities of a third conductive type, is formed of a non-crystalline semiconductor, and is positioned on a non-incident surface of the substrate opposite the incident surface of the substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to the emitter region, and a second electrode electrically connected to the substrate. | 03-10-2011 |
20110061732 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is shown. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type; a first amorphous semiconductor layer including a crystalline portion; a first electrode portion on the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode portion on the semiconductor substrate. | 03-17-2011 |
20120042945 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell is discussed. The solar cell includes a substrate having a first conductivity type and made of a crystalline semiconductor; an emitter region having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type, and forming a p-n junction with the substrate; a surface field region having the first conductivity type and being separated from the emitter region; a first electrode connected to the emitter region; and a second electrode connected to the surface field region, wherein at least one of the emitter region and the surface field region includes a plurality of semiconductor portions, and at least one of the plurality of semiconductor portion is a crystalline semiconductor portion. | 02-23-2012 |
20120085397 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell includes a first conductivity type crystalline semiconductor substrate, a first amorphous silicon region, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The crystalline semiconductor substrate may include a plurality of pyramidal-shaped projections or a plurality of reverse-pyramidal shape depressions on at least one surface thereof. The first amorphous silicon region may be positioned on the crystalline semiconductor substrate and have a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type. The first electrode may be positioned on the first amorphous silicon region, and a second electrode positioned on the substrate. At least one pyramidal-shaped projection or at least one reverse-pyramidal shape depression may include two adjacent inclination surfaces, and a rounded edge portion where the two adjacent inclination surfaces meet. | 04-12-2012 |
20120145233 | BACK CONTACT SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A back contact solar cell and a method for manufacturing the back contact solar cell are discussed. The back contact solar cell includes a substrate made of crystalline silicon having a first conductivity type, a passivation layer on one side of the substrate, an antireflection layer on the passivation layer, a first electrode on the other side of the substrate, a second electrode on the other side of the substrate and separated from the first electrode, a first semiconductor layer disposed between the first electrode and the substrate and having the first conductivity type, and a second semiconductor layer disposed between the second electrode and the substrate and having a second conductivity type that is opposite to the first conductivity type. The passivation layer includes at least one of amorphous silicon oxide and amorphous silicon carbide. | 06-14-2012 |
20130081674 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module according to an embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of back contact solar cells each including a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes, each of which is positioned on a back surface of the substrate and extends in a first direction, and a plurality of second electrodes, each of which is positioned between the two adjacent first electrodes and extends in the first direction, a plurality of first conductive adhesive films, each of which contacts one end of each of the first electrodes of one of the two adjacent back contact solar cells, a plurality of second conductive adhesive films, each of which contacts one end of each of the second electrodes of the other of the two adjacent back contact solar cells, and an interconnector positioned between the two adjacent back contact solar cells. | 04-04-2013 |
20130081675 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module according to an embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of solar cells each including a substrate, a first electrode current collector which is positioned at a first edge of a back surface of the substrate and extends in a first direction, and a second electrode current collector which is positioned at a second edge of the back surface of the substrate and extends in the first direction, a conductive adhesive film contacting a first electrode current collector of a first solar cell of the plurality of solar cells, or a second electrode current collector of a second solar cell adjacent to the first solar cell, or both, and an interconnector which contacts the conductive adhesive film and electrically connects the adjacent first and second solar cells to each other. | 04-04-2013 |
20130340804 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND RIBBON ASSEMBLY APPLIED TO THE SAME - A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells comprising a first solar cell and a second solar cell; a ribbon electrically connecting the first solar cell and the second solar cell; and an insulating member positioned between the plurality of solar cells and the ribbon. The insulating member is transparent. | 12-26-2013 |
20140299187 | SOLAR CELL - Discussed is a solar cell including a semiconductor substrate, a first tunneling layer entirely formed over a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first conductive type area disposed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and an electrode including a first electrode connected to the first conductive type area. | 10-09-2014 |
20140311567 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a tunneling layer on one surface of the semiconductor substrate, a first conductive type area on the tunneling layer, a second conductive type area on the tunneling layer such that the second conductive type area is separated from the first conductive type area, and a barrier area interposed between the first conductive type area and the second conductive type area such that the barrier area separates the first conductive type area from the second conductive type area. | 10-23-2014 |
20140338747 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Discussed is a solar cell including a semiconductor substrate including a base area and a doping area, a doping layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, the doping layer having a conductive type different from the doping area, a tunneling layer interposed between the doping layer and the semiconductor substrate, a first electrode connected to the doping area, and a second electrode connected to the doping layer. | 11-20-2014 |
20140360570 | SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The manufacturing method of a solar cell includes forming a photoelectric conversion unit and forming an electrode connected to the photoelectric conversion unit. The step of forming the electrode includes forming a seed formation layer connected to the photoelectric conversion unit, forming an anti-oxidation layer on the seed formation layer, performing a thermal process such that a material of the seed formation layer and a material of the photoelectric conversion unit react with each other to form a chemical bonding layer at a portion at which the seed formation layer and the photoelectric conversion unit are adjacent to each other, forming a conductive layer and a capping layer on the seed formation layer in a state in which a mask is used on the seed formation layer, and patterning the seed formation layer using either the conductive layer or the capping layer as a mask. | 12-11-2014 |
20150059849 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell including a non-amorphous semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type; at least a first semiconductor layer on the non-amorphous semiconductor substrate, the first semiconductor layer including a portion that is amorphous and a plurality of portions having crystal lumps, so that the plurality of portions having the crystal lumps are distributed in the first semiconductor layer; a first electrode on the semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode on the semiconductor substrate. | 03-05-2015 |