Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090183776 | Solar cell, method of manufacturing the same, and method of texturing solar cell - A solar cell, a method of manufacturing the solar cell, and a method of texturing the solar cell are provided. The method of texturing the solar cell includes depositing metal particles on a solar cell substrate, and etching the solar cell substrate and forming a plurality of hemisphere-shaped grooves on the solar cell substrate to texture a surface of the solar cell substrate. | 07-23-2009 |
20090199898 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF TEXTURING SOLAR CELL - A solar cell and a method of texturing a solar cell are disclosed. The method includes coating an ink containing metal particles on a surface of a substrate, drying the ink to attach the metal particles to the surface of the substrate, and differentially etching the surface of the substrate using the metal particles as a catalyst to form an uneven portion. | 08-13-2009 |
20100108129 | SILICON SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A silicon solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The silicon solar cell includes a silicon semiconductor substrate doped with first conductive impurities, an emitter layer doped with second conductive impurities having polarities opposite polarities of the first conductive impurities on the substrate, an anti-reflective layer on an entire surface of the substrate, an upper electrode that passes through the anti-reflective layer and is connected to the emitter layer, and a lower electrode connected to a lower portion of the substrate. The emitter layer includes a first emitter layer heavily doped with the second conductive impurities and a second emitter layer lightly doped with the second conductive impurities. A surface resistance of the second emitter layer is 100 Ohm/sq to 120 Ohm/sq. | 05-06-2010 |
20110308601 | SOLAR CELL - A solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same are discussed. The solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type, an emitter layer of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, a plurality of first electrodes connected to the emitter layer, at least one first current collector connected to the plurality of first electrodes, and a second electrode connected to the substrate. The emitter layer forms a p-n junction along with the substrate. Each of the plurality of first electrodes has a multi-layered structure, and the at least one first current collector has a single-layered structure. | 12-22-2011 |
20120174975 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type, an emitter region of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type which is positioned at the substrate and has a first sheet resistance, a first heavily doped region which is positioned at the substrate and has a second sheet resistance less than the first sheet resistance, a plurality of first electrodes which are positioned on the substrate, overlap at least a portion of the first heavily doped region, and are connected to the at least a portion of the first heavily doped region, and at least one second electrode which is positioned on the substrate and is connected to the substrate. | 07-12-2012 |
20130186457 | SOLAR CELL, SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell, a solar cell manufacturing device, and a method for manufacturing the solar cell are discussed. The solar cell manufacturing device includes a chamber; an ion implantation unit configured to implant ions into a substrate inside the chamber and a mask positioned between the ion implantation unit and the substrate. The mask includes a first opening to form a lightly doped region having a first concentration at one surface of the substrate, a second opening to form a heavily doped region having a second concentration higher than the first concentration at the one surface of the substrate, and at least one connector formed to cross the second opening. The second opening includes finger openings formed in a first direction, and bus openings formed in a second direction crossing the first direction. | 07-25-2013 |
20140373911 | SOLAR CELL - Discussed is a solar cell including a photoelectric conversion portion, and first and second electrodes connected to the photoelectric conversion portion, wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes includes a plurality of finger electrodes, and at least one bus bar electrode formed in a direction crossing the finger electrodes, wherein the bus bar electrode includes a main bus bar, and an auxiliary bus bar formed adjacent to the main bus bar such that the auxiliary bus bar is spaced from the main bus bar by a predetermined spacing area, and wherein the spacing area has a width equal to or less than a pitch of the plurality of finger electrodes. | 12-25-2014 |
20150357510 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL - A method of manufacturing a solar cell is discussed. The method of manufacturing the solar cell includes: forming a conductive region on a semiconductor substrate; forming an electrode connected to the conductive region; and post-processing the semiconductor substrate to passivate the semiconductor substrate. The post-processing of the semiconductor substrate comprises a main processing process for heat-treating the semiconductor substrate while providing light to the semiconductor substrate. A temperature of the main processing process is about 100° C. to about 800° C., and the temperature and light intensity of the main processing process satisfy Equation of 1750−31.8·T+(0.16)·T | 12-10-2015 |