Tandem solar cell module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10355149-B2
Application number	US-201615271240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2016
Priority date	Jun 17, 2016
Publication date	Jul 16, 2019
Grant date	Jul 16, 2019

Abstract

A tandem solar cell module includes a transparent substrate, a first solar cell unit, and a second solar cell unit disposed between the transparent substrate and the first solar cell unit. The first solar cell unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first absorption layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the second solar cell unit includes a third electrode, a fourth electrode, and a second absorption layer disposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, wherein the second electrode is located adjacent to the third electrode, and the positions of the second electrode, the third electrode, and the fourth electrode are corresponding to each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tandem solar cell module, comprising:
a transparent substrate;
a first solar cell unit, comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, a first bus line at the same side of the second electrode, and a first absorption layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first bus line is parallel to the second electrode, and a line width of the first bus line is smaller than that of the second electrode; and
a second solar cell unit, disposed between a surface of the transparent substrate and the first solar cell unit, and the second solar cell unit comprises a third electrode, a second bus line at the same side of the third electrode, a fourth electrode, a third bus line at the same side of the fourth electrode, and a second absorption layer disposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, wherein the second bus line is parallel to the third electrode, a line width of the second bus line is smaller than that of the third electrode, the third bus line is parallel to the fourth electrode, a line width of the third bus line is smaller than that of the fourth electrode, the second electrode is located adjacent to the third electrode, the fourth electrode is disposed on a portion of the surface of the transparent substrate to expose another portion of the surface of the transparent substrate, the second electrode, the fourth electrode is in direct contact with the surface of the transparent substrate, the third electrode and the fourth electrode are arranged vertically such that each of the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode aligns in a parallel plane, and the second electrode, the third electrode and the fourth electrode are not completely covering either the first absorption layer or the transparent substrate.

2. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein shapes of the second electrode, the third electrode, and the fourth electrode are the same.

3. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein dimensions of the second electrode, the third electrode, and the fourth electrode are the same.

4. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the first bus line is disposed on the first absorption layer, and the first bus line is electrically connected to the second electrode.

5. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the second bus line is disposed on the second absorption layer, and the second bus line is electrically connected to the third electrode.

6. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the third bus line is disposed on the second absorption layer, and the third bus line is electrically connected to the fourth electrode.

7. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the first bus line and the second bus line are arranged vertically such that each of the first bus line and the second bus line aligns in a parallel plane.

8. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the first bus line, the second bus line and the third bus line are arranged vertically such that each of the first bus line, the second bus line and the third bus line aligns in a parallel plane.

9. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the first bus line, the second bus line, and the third bus line comprise a linear structure.

10. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the line width of the first bus line, the second bus line, and the third bus line is 10 nm to 100 μm.

11. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode is or not electrically connected to the third electrode.

12. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 11 , further comprising a conductive material disposed between the second electrode and the third electrode, such that the second electrode is electrically connected to the third electrode.

13. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 11 , further comprising a spacer disposed between the second electrode and the third electrode, such that the second electrode is not electrically connected to the third electrode.

14. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 13 , wherein the spacer is further disposed between the first absorption layer and the second absorption layer, such that the second electrode is not electrically connected to the third electrode.

15. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 13 , wherein the spacer comprises an insulating material.

16. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the first absorption layer comprises a Group IV semiconductor material, a Group III-V semiconductor material, a Group I-III-VI semiconductor material, or a Group I-II-IV-VI semiconductor material.

17. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the second absorption layer comprises a Group III-V semiconductor material, a Group II-VI semiconductor material, a Group I-II-IV-VI semiconductor material, a Group I-III-VI semiconductor material, an organic polymer material, or an organic-inorganic hybrid material.

18. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 1 , wherein materials of the second electrode, the third electrode, and the fourth electrode independently comprise metal, a conductive polymer, an organic-inorganic hybrid conductive material, or a polar conductive material.

19. The tandem solar cell module according to claim 18 , wherein the metal comprises molybdenum (Mo), gold (Au), silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), or a combination thereof.

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Chang Chia-Wen
• Liu Yung-Tsung
• Lin Wei-Sheng

Classifications

• H01L31/0201

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/022425 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/022466

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y02E10/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] energy · CPC title

• H01L31/043

  Electricity · mapped topic