Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080264478 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin-film solar cell of the present invention comprises a first solar cell layer that a plurality of unit cells including a photoelectric conversion layer are connected in series; a second solar cell layer that a plurality of unit cells including a photoelectric conversion layer are connected in series, which has band gap energy being different from the first solar cell layer and a threshold voltage being coincident with the first solar cell layer; and an electrode connector, which connects the first solar cell layer with the second solar cell layer in parallel. | 10-30-2008 |
20090151782 | Hetero-junction silicon solar cell and fabrication method thereof - Disclosed are a hetero-junction silicon solar cell and a fabrication method thereof. The hetero-junction silicon solar cell according to the present invention forms a pn junction of a crystalline silicon substrate and a passivation layer doped with impurities so as to minimize a recombination of electrons and holes, making it possible to maximize efficiency of the hetero-junction silicon solar cell. The present invention provides a hetero-junction silicon solar cell comprising a crystalline silicon substrate and a passivation layer that is formed on the crystalline silicon substrate and is doped with impurities. | 06-18-2009 |
20090194161 | SOLAR CELL HAVING MULTIPLE TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAYERS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a solar cell that increases a rate of sunlight absorbed into a photoelectric conversion layer by forming a transparent conductive layer into a plurality of layers having different oxygen contents and different light absorbing coefficients and a manufacturing method thereof. The solar cell of the present invention includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, and a photoelectric conversion layer, wherein the transparent conductive layer comprises a first layer having a first light absorbing coefficient; and a second layer that is formed on the first layer and has a second light absorbing coefficient higher than the first light absorbing coefficient. | 08-06-2009 |
20090217966 | THIN-FILM TYPE SOLAR CELL INCLUDING BY-PASS DIODE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a photovoltaic conversion apparatus including a by-pass diode and a manufacturing method thereof. The photovoltaic conversion apparatus of the present invention comprises at least one unit solar cell module configured of at least one unit solar cell; and a by-pass solar cell module including at least one solar cell electrically connected to the unit solar cell to by-pass current. | 09-03-2009 |
20090242018 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a thin-film solar cell and a fabrication method thereof, the solar cell having a structure that a glass substrate, a transparent conductive oxide, a multi-junction solar cell layer and an electrode layer are stacked, wherein a first solar cell layer and a second solar cell layer, which are in a multi-junction, are electrically connected with each other in parallel, and one or more unit cells connected in parallel are grouped to be electrically connected with each other in series. According to the present invention, a thin-film solar cell having a unit cell in a structure that two solar cell layers having different characteristics are connected with each other in parallel, and having a structure that several unit cells are connected with each other in series, can achieve higher output and efficiency than a thin-film solar cell having a structure that several solar cell layers are connected in series. | 10-01-2009 |
20100006135 | THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE MODULE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A photovoltaic device module and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed. There are provided a solar cell module structure effective to prevent the performance of the overall module from being degraded when photoelectric conversion efficiency of a specific portion cell is degraded in a solar cell module in which solar cells are integrated, and a fabrication method thereof. More particularly, there are provided a module structure having two terminal wirings, in which one of them is formed by selecting and connecting at least two unit cells from a plurality of unit cells electrically connected and the other is formed by selecting and connecting at least two unit cells differentiated from the said selected unit cells., and a fabrication method thereof. | 01-14-2010 |
20100059100 | THIN-FILM TYPE SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a thin-film type solar cell and a thin-film type solar cell obtained thereby that uses a direct printing method and reduces the frequency of a cutting process. | 03-11-2010 |