EP2856512A4 - STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING CONTIGUOUS AND NON-CONTIGUOUS BASE REGIONS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY REAR CONTACT SOLAR CELLS - Google Patents

STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING CONTIGUOUS AND NON-CONTIGUOUS BASE REGIONS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY REAR CONTACT SOLAR CELLS

Info

Publication number: EP2856512A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: contiguous; structures; methods; high efficiency; solar cells
Prior art date: 2012-05-29
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP13798110.6A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP2856512A1 (en

Inventor

Anand Deshpande

Pawan Kapur

Virendra V Rana

Mehrdad M Moslehi

Sean M Seutter

Heather Deshazer

Swaroop Kommera

Pranav Anbalagan

Benjamine E Rattle

Solene Coutant

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Beamreach Solexel Assets Inc

Original Assignee

Solexel Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2012-05-29

Filing date

2013-05-29

Publication date

2015-12-16

2013-05-29 Application filed by Solexel Inc filed Critical Solexel Inc

2015-04-08 Publication of EP2856512A1 publication Critical patent/EP2856512A1/en

2015-12-16 Publication of EP2856512A4 publication Critical patent/EP2856512A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F77/20—Electrodes
- H10F77/206—Electrodes for devices having potential barriers
- H10F77/211—Electrodes for devices having potential barriers for photovoltaic cells
- H10F77/219—Arrangements for electrodes of back-contact photovoltaic cells
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F10/00—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells
- H10F10/10—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells having potential barriers
- H10F10/14—Photovoltaic cells having only PN homojunction potential barriers
- H10F10/146—Back-junction photovoltaic cells, e.g. having interdigitated base-emitter regions on the back side
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F71/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F71/121—The active layers comprising only Group IV materials
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
- H10F77/30—Coatings
- H10F77/306—Coatings for devices having potential barriers
- H10F77/311—Coatings for devices having potential barriers for photovoltaic cells
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
- Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
- Y02E10/547—Monocrystalline silicon PV cells
- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
- Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
- Y02P70/50—Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

EP13798110.6A 2012-05-29 2013-05-29 STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR FORMING CONTIGUOUS AND NON-CONTIGUOUS BASE REGIONS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY REAR CONTACT SOLAR CELLS Withdrawn EP2856512A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201261652833P	2012-05-29	2012-05-29
US201361816830P	2013-04-29	2013-04-29
US201361827252P	2013-05-24	2013-05-24
PCT/US2013/043193 WO2013181298A1 (en)	2012-05-29	2013-05-29	Structures and methods of formation of contiguous and non-contiguous base regions for high efficiency back-contact solar cells

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP2856512A1 EP2856512A1 (en)	2015-04-08
EP2856512A4 true EP2856512A4 (en)	2015-12-16

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Country Status (7)

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EP (1)	EP2856512A4 (en)
JP (1)	JP2015528196A (en)
KR (1)	KR101528447B1 (en)
CN (1)	CN104737302A (en)
AU (2)	AU2013267481A1 (en)
MY (1)	MY184055A (en)
WO (1)	WO2013181298A1 (en)

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