WO2009154473A3 - Coating for thin-film solar cells - Google Patents

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WO2009154473A3
WO2009154473A3 PCT/NO2009/000227 NO2009000227W WO2009154473A3 WO 2009154473 A3 WO2009154473 A3 WO 2009154473A3 NO 2009000227 W NO2009000227 W NO 2009000227W WO 2009154473 A3 WO2009154473 A3 WO 2009154473A3
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back side
reflective layer
tco
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Paul Alan Basore
Andreas Bentzen
Erik Sauar
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Renewable Energy Corporation Asa
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • 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
    • 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
    • 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

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Abstract

This invention relates to a method for producing thin film solar cells with a back-side reflective layer, wherein the solar module is a silicon thin film device placed in-between a back side planar substrate and a front side planar glass superstrate placed in parallel and a distance from the back side planar substrate, wherein the silicon thin film device comprises in successive order from the front side: a front side transparent conductive (TCO) layer, a multi junction thin-film solar conversion layer comprising amorphous and microcrystalline silicon or alloys thereof, a back side TCO-layer, a diffuse reflective layer with one or more local through-going apertures, and a metal layer covering the reflective layer and which is in contact with the back side TCO-layer through the one or more apertures in the reflective layer. The invention also relates to a method for forming the solar cell.
PCT/NO2009/000227 2008-06-19 2009-06-17 Coating for thin-film solar cells WO2009154473A2 (en)

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US7383208P 2008-06-19 2008-06-19
GB0811201.3 2008-06-19
GB0811201A GB2461059B (en) 2008-06-19 2008-06-19 Coating for thin-film solar cells
US61/073,832 2008-06-19

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US5221854A (en) * 1991-11-18 1993-06-22 United Solar Systems Corporation Protective layer for the back reflector of a photovoltaic device
WO2006005889A1 (en) * 2004-07-07 2006-01-19 Saint-Gobain Glass France Photovoltaic solar cell and solar module
WO2008039461A2 (en) * 2006-09-27 2008-04-03 Thinsilicon Corp. Back contact device for photovoltaic cells and method of manufacturing a back contact

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US5221854A (en) * 1991-11-18 1993-06-22 United Solar Systems Corporation Protective layer for the back reflector of a photovoltaic device
WO2006005889A1 (en) * 2004-07-07 2006-01-19 Saint-Gobain Glass France Photovoltaic solar cell and solar module
WO2008039461A2 (en) * 2006-09-27 2008-04-03 Thinsilicon Corp. Back contact device for photovoltaic cells and method of manufacturing a back contact

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