EP1955363A4 - Low area screen printed metal contact structure and method - Google Patents

Low area screen printed metal contact structure and method

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Publication number
EP1955363A4
EP1955363A4 EP06804437A EP06804437A EP1955363A4 EP 1955363 A4 EP1955363 A4 EP 1955363A4 EP 06804437 A EP06804437 A EP 06804437A EP 06804437 A EP06804437 A EP 06804437A EP 1955363 A4 EP1955363 A4 EP 1955363A4
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European Patent Office
Prior art keywords
metal contact
contact structure
screen printed
low area
printed metal
Prior art date
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Withdrawn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
EP06804437A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP1955363A1 (en
Inventor
Stuart Ross Wenham
Zhengrong Shi
Ly Mai
Jingjia Ji
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.)
NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd
Suntech Power Co Ltd
Original Assignee
NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd
Suntech Power Co Ltd
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Publication date
Priority claimed from AU2005906552A external-priority patent/AU2005906552A0/en
Application filed by NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd, Suntech Power Co Ltd filed Critical NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd
Publication of EP1955363A1 publication Critical patent/EP1955363A1/en
Publication of EP1955363A4 publication Critical patent/EP1955363A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • 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
    • 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
    • H01L31/02—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
    • H01L31/022433—Particular geometry of the grid contacts
    • 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
    • H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
    • 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
    • Y02E10/542—Dye sensitized solar cells

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
EP06804437A 2005-11-24 2006-10-26 Low area screen printed metal contact structure and method Withdrawn EP1955363A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU2005906552A AU2005906552A0 (en) 2005-11-24 Low area screen printed metal contact structure and method
AU2005906662A AU2005906662A0 (en) 2005-11-29 Revised low screen printed metal contact structure and method
PCT/AU2006/001603 WO2007059551A1 (en) 2005-11-24 2006-10-26 Low area screen printed metal contact structure and method

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
EP1955363A1 EP1955363A1 (en) 2008-08-13
EP1955363A4 true EP1955363A4 (en) 2010-01-06

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EP06804437A Withdrawn EP1955363A4 (en) 2005-11-24 2006-10-26 Low area screen printed metal contact structure and method

Country Status (4)

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EP (1) EP1955363A4 (en)
KR (1) KR20080091104A (en)
AU (1) AU2006317554A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2007059551A1 (en)

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US20050172998A1 (en) * 2004-02-05 2005-08-11 Advent Solar, Inc. Buried-contact solar cells with self-doping contacts

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WO2007059551A8 (en) 2008-07-17
AU2006317554A1 (en) 2007-05-31
WO2007059551A1 (en) 2007-05-31
EP1955363A1 (en) 2008-08-13
KR20080091104A (en) 2008-10-09

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Inventor name: WENHAM, STUART, ROSS

Inventor name: JI, JINGJIA C/O SUNTECH POWER CO., LTD.

Inventor name: SHI, ZHENGRONG C/O SUNTECH POWER CO., LTD.

Inventor name: MAI, LY C/O PHOTOVOLTAICS SPECIAL RESEARCH CENTRE

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Inventor name: SHI, ZHENGRONG C/O SUNTECH POWER CO., LTD.

Inventor name: MAI, LY C/O PHOTOVOLTAICS SPECIAL RESEARCH CENTRE

Inventor name: JI, JINGJIA C/O SUNTECH POWER CO., LTD.

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