TWI560894B - Interdigitated back contact solar cell and its method of processing a substrate - Google Patents

Interdigitated back contact solar cell and its method of processing a substrate

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TWI560894B
TWI560894B TW101137495A TW101137495A TWI560894B TW I560894 B TWI560894 B TW I560894B TW 101137495 A TW101137495 A TW 101137495A TW 101137495 A TW101137495 A TW 101137495A TW I560894 B TWI560894 B TW I560894B
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solar cell
back contact
contact solar
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John W Graff
Benjamin B Riordon
Nicholas P T Bateman
Joseph C Olson
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Varian Semiconductor Equipment
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    • H01L21/18—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof the devices having potential barriers, e.g. a PN junction, depletion layer or carrier concentration layer the devices having semiconductor bodies comprising elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table or AIIIBV compounds with or without impurities, e.g. doping materials
    • H01L21/26—Bombardment with radiation
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    • H01L21/265—Bombardment with radiation with high-energy radiation producing ion implantation
    • H01L21/266—Bombardment with radiation with high-energy radiation producing ion implantation using masks
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    • 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
    • H01L31/022441—Electrode arrangements specially adapted for back-contact solar cells
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    • H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L31/1804—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof comprising only elements of Group IV of the Periodic Table
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    • H01J—ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
    • H01J2237/00—Discharge tubes exposing object to beam, e.g. for analysis treatment, etching, imaging
    • H01J2237/30—Electron or ion beam tubes for processing objects
    • H01J2237/317—Processing objects on a microscale
    • H01J2237/31701—Ion implantation
    • H01J2237/31706—Ion implantation characterised by the area treated
    • H01J2237/3171—Ion implantation characterised by the area treated patterned
    • H01J2237/31711—Ion implantation characterised by the area treated patterned using mask
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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TW101137495A 2011-10-11 2012-10-11 Interdigitated back contact solar cell and its method of processing a substrate TWI560894B (en)

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US13/270,290 US9190548B2 (en) 2011-10-11 2011-10-11 Method of creating two dimensional doping patterns in solar cells

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US (1) US9190548B2 (zh)
JP (1) JP6031112B2 (zh)
KR (1) KR101919514B1 (zh)
CN (1) CN103975450B (zh)
TW (1) TWI560894B (zh)
WO (1) WO2013055627A1 (zh)

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JP6031112B2 (ja) 2016-11-24
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