Solar cell structure for wireless charging

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10249778-B2
Application number	US-201514985364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	Dec 4, 2015
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A solar cell structure for wireless charging includes a substrate and at least one thin film solar cell disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the thin film solar cell has a winding coil structure. Accordingly, in the thin film solar cell, the electrode which is the winding coil structure may be used as electromagnetic induction coil or millimeter-wave radio wave receiving radiator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A solar cell structure for wireless charging, comprising:
a plane substrate; and
at least one thin film solar cell, disposed on a first surface of the plane substrate, wherein the at least one thin film solar cell has a first winding coil structure with two ends and having a central axis, the at least one thin film solar cell comprises:
a back electrode, formed on the plane substrate;
a light absorption layer, formed on the back electrode; and
a transparent electrode layer, formed on the light absorption layer, wherein the back electrode, the light absorption layer, and the transparent electrode layer are the first winding coil structure, and the central axis of the first winding coil structure is perpendicular to the first surface of the plane substrate.

2. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one thin film solar cell is two, and the solar cell structure further comprises an electrical signal connecting part between electrodes of the two thin film solar cells.

3. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , wherein a number of the at least one thin film solar cell is three, and the solar cell structure further comprises an electrical signal connecting part between electrodes of the two adjacent thin film solar cells.

4. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , further comprising an energy storage device connected to electrodes of the at least one thin film solar cell for energy storage.

5. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , further comprising a second winding coil structure disposed on a second surface of the plane substrate.

6. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 5 , further comprising an inductor-capacitor (LC) matching circuit connected to the second winding coil structure.

7. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , further comprising an encapsulation layer covering the at least one thin film solar cell, and a second winding coil structure is disposed on the encapsulation layer.

8. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , wherein the plane substrate comprises glass substrate, flexible substrate, dielectric substrate, or metal substrate.

9. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , wherein the back electrode comprises molybdenum, copper, aluminum, indium tin oxide (ITO), aluminum zinc oxide (AZO), or fluorine tin oxide (FTO).

10. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , wherein the at least one thin film solar cell comprises CIGS thin film solar cell, CdTe thin film solar cell, silicon thin film solar cell, perovskite thin-film solar cell, or dye-sensitized solar cell.

11. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , wherein the transparent electrode layer comprises aluminum zinc oxide (AZO), indium tin oxide (ITO), or fluorine tin oxide (FTO).

12. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , wherein the at least one thin film solar cell further comprises a buffer layer located between the light absorption layer and the transparent electrode layer, and the buffer layer serves as a n-type layer.

13. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 12 , wherein a material of the buffer layer comprises CdS, amorphous silicon (a-Si) a-Si, TiO 2 , ZnS, ZnO, MgZnO or In 2 S 3 .

14. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 1 , wherein the at least one thin film solar cell further comprises a metal conductive line disposed on the transparent electrode layer.

15. The solar cell structure for wireless charging of claim 7 , further comprising an inductor-capacitor (LC) matching circuit connected to the second winding coil structure.

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Hsu Hung-Ru
• Chang Li-Chih
• Hsieh Tung-Po
• Lai Yeong-Lin
• Lee Ang-Lun

Classifications

• H02J7/35

  with light sensitive cells · CPC title

• H01G9/20

  Light-sensitive devices · CPC title

• H02S10/10

  including a supplementary source of electric power, e.g. hybrid diesel-PV energy systems (combinations with gas-turbine plants F02C6/00) · CPC title

• Y02E10/541

  CuInSe2 material PV cells · CPC title

• H02J50/12

  of the resonant type · CPC title