GB2461059B - Coating for thin-film solar cells - Google Patents

Coating for thin-film solar cells

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GB2461059B
GB2461059B GB0811201A GB0811201A GB2461059B GB 2461059 B GB2461059 B GB 2461059B GB 0811201 A GB0811201 A GB 0811201A GB 0811201 A GB0811201 A GB 0811201A GB 2461059 B GB2461059 B GB 2461059B
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Prior art keywords
coating
thin
solar cells
film solar
film
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0811201A
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GB2461059A (en
GB0811201D0 (en
Inventor
Paul Alan Basore
Andreas Bentzen
Erik Sauar
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Renewable Energy Corp ASA
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Renewable Energy Corp ASA
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Priority to GB0811201A priority Critical patent/GB2461059B/en
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Priority to PCT/NO2009/000227 priority patent/WO2009154473A2/en
Publication of GB2461059A publication Critical patent/GB2461059A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/02—Details
    • H01L31/0224—Electrodes
    • H01L31/022408—Electrodes for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier
    • H01L31/022425—Electrodes for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier for solar cells
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/042—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/0445—PV modules or arrays of single PV cells including thin film solar cells, e.g. single thin film a-Si, CIS or CdTe solar cells
    • H01L31/046—PV modules composed of a plurality of thin film solar cells deposited on the same substrate
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/054—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means
    • H01L31/056—Optical elements directly associated or integrated with the PV cell, e.g. light-reflecting means or light-concentrating means the light-reflecting means being of the back surface reflector [BSR] type
    • 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
    • Y02E10/52—PV systems with concentrators
GB0811201A 2008-06-19 2008-06-19 Coating for thin-film solar cells Expired - Fee Related GB2461059B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0811201A GB2461059B (en) 2008-06-19 2008-06-19 Coating for thin-film solar cells
PCT/NO2009/000227 WO2009154473A2 (en) 2008-06-19 2009-06-17 Coating for thin-film solar cells

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GB0811201A GB2461059B (en) 2008-06-19 2008-06-19 Coating for thin-film solar cells

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GB0811201D0 GB0811201D0 (en) 2008-07-23
GB2461059A GB2461059A (en) 2009-12-23
GB2461059B true GB2461059B (en) 2010-09-01

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
KR101244174B1 (en) * 2010-01-22 2013-03-25 주성엔지니어링(주) Solar Cell and Method for manufacturing the same

Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6835888B2 (en) * 1998-02-26 2004-12-28 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Stacked photovoltaic device
WO2005024920A1 (en) * 2003-09-09 2005-03-17 Csg Solar, Ag Improved method of forming openings in an organic resin material
WO2005076370A2 (en) * 2004-02-06 2005-08-18 Unaxis Balzers Ag Back contact and back reflector for thin film silicon solar cells
WO2007059577A1 (en) * 2005-11-24 2007-05-31 Newsouth Innovations Pty Limited Metallisation method for thin-film semiconductor structures

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US6835888B2 (en) * 1998-02-26 2004-12-28 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Stacked photovoltaic device
WO2005024920A1 (en) * 2003-09-09 2005-03-17 Csg Solar, Ag Improved method of forming openings in an organic resin material
WO2005076370A2 (en) * 2004-02-06 2005-08-18 Unaxis Balzers Ag Back contact and back reflector for thin film silicon solar cells
WO2007059577A1 (en) * 2005-11-24 2007-05-31 Newsouth Innovations Pty Limited Metallisation method for thin-film semiconductor structures

Non-Patent Citations (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Title
"Laser grooved backside contact solar cells with 680mV open circuit voltage" JH Guo & JE Cotter, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol 51, No 12, pages 2186-2192, Dec 2004. *

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