Solar cell and solar cell module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12328969-B2
Application number	US-202318341600-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2023
Priority date	Jun 30, 2021
Publication date	Jun 10, 2025
Grant date	Jun 10, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solar cell and a solar cell module. The solar cell includes a first region and a second region, and further includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a tunneling layer covering the second surface; a first emitter formed on part of the tunneling layer in the first region; and a second emitter formed on part of the tunneling layer in the second region and on the first emitter, a conductivity type of the second emitter being different from a conductivity type of the first emitter. The solar cell further includes a first electrode configured to electrically connect with the first emitter by penetrating through the second emitter; and a second electrode formed in the second region and configured to electrically connect with the second emitter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A solar cell, comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the solar cell further comprises:
a substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface;
a tunneling layer covering the second surface, the tunneling layer having a first portion in the first region and a second portion in the second region;
a first emitter formed in the first region and on the first portion of the tunneling layer;
a second emitter having a first portion in the first region and a second portion in the second region, the first portion of the second emitter being formed on the first emitter and the second portion of the emitter being formed on the second portion of the tunneling layer, a conductivity type of the second emitter being different from a conductivity type of the first emitter;
a first electrode formed in the first region and configured to electrically connect with the first emitter by penetrating through the second emitter; and
a second electrode formed in the second region and configured to electrically connect with the second emitter;
wherein the second emitter comprises a first doped portion and a second doped portion, at least part of the second doped portion is formed between the first doped portion and the first electrode, doping concentration anywhere in the first doped portion is greater than or equal to doping concentration anywhere in the second doped portion, and doping concentration in the second doped portion decreases in a direction from the first doped portion towards the first electrode; and
wherein the second surface of the substrate has a step at a transition between the first region and the second region, the first emitter has a third surface facing away from the tunneling layer, the second emitter has a fourth surface in contact with the second portion of the tunneling layer, and the third surface is flush with the fourth surface or closer to the first surface of the substrate than the fourth surface.

2. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the tunneling layer comprises a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, the first dielectric layer is formed between the first emitter and the substrate, the second dielectric layer is configured to cover a portion of the second surface of the substrate corresponding to the second region and cover a third surface and a sidewall of the first emitter, the third surface is a surface of the first emitter facing away from the first dielectric layer;
wherein the second emitter is disposed on the second dielectric layer, and the first electrode is further configured to electrically connect with the first emitter by penetrating through the second dielectric layer; and
wherein the first dielectric layer is composed of a single material, the second dielectric layer comprises a plurality of sub-film layers, and different sub-film layers have different materials.

3. The solar cell according to claim 2 , wherein a dielectric constant of a material of the second dielectric layer is smaller than a dielectric constant of a material of the first dielectric layer, and a thickness of the second dielectric layer is smaller than a thickness of the first dielectric layer.

4. The solar cell according to claim 2 , wherein the second dielectric layer includes a first sub-film layer and a second sub-film layer;
wherein the first sub-film layer of the second dielectric layer is configured to cover the portion of the second surface corresponding to the second region and cover the third surface and the sidewall of the first emitter, and the second sub-film layer of the second dielectric layer is configured to cover the surface of the first sub-film layer facing away from the substrate; and
wherein the first dielectric layer is made of a single material, and the first sub-film layer and the second sub-film layer are made of different materials.

5. The solar cell according to claim 1 , further comprising a passivation layer covering surfaces of the first emitter and the second emitter facing away from the substrate.

6. The solar cell according to claim 2 , wherein a material of the first dielectric layer comprises at least one of oxygen silicide, nitrogen silicide or carbon silicide.

7. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the substrate includes at least one of monocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon, amorphous silicon or microcrystalline silicon.

8. The solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the substrate is a carbon simple substance, an organic material or a multicomponent compound.

9. The solar cell according to claim 8 , wherein the multicomponent compound includes perovskite, gallium arsenide, cadmium telluride, and copper indium selenium.

10. A solar cell module, comprising:
at least one cell string formed by connecting a plurality of solar cells;
at least one encapsulation film configured to cover a surface of the at least one cell string; and
at least one cover plate configured to cover a surface of the at least one encapsulation film facing away from the at least one cell string;
wherein each solar cell of the plurality of solar cells includes a first region and a second region, and further includes:
a substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface;
a tunneling layer covering the second surface, the tunneling layer having a first portion in the first region and a second portion in the second region;
a first emitter formed in the first region and on the first portion of the tunneling layer;
a second emitter having a first portion in the first region and a second portion in the second region, the first portion of the second emitter being formed on the first emitter and the second portion of the emitter being formed on the second portion of the tunneling layer, a conductivity type of the second emitter being different from a conductivity type of the first emitter;
a first electrode formed in the first region and configured to electrically connect with the first emitter by penetrating through the second emitter; and
a second electrode formed in the second region and configured to electrically connect with the second emitter;
wherein the second emitter comprises a first doped portion and a second doped portion, at least part of the second doped portion is formed between the first doped portion and the first electrode, doping concentration anywhere in the first doped portion is greater than or equal to doping concentration anywhere in the second doped portion, and doping concentration in the second doped portion decreases in a direction from the first doped portion towards the first electrode; and
wherein the second surface of the substrate has a step at a transition between the first region and the second region, the first emitter has a third surface facing away from the tunneling layer, the second emitter has a fourth surface in contact with the second portion of the tunneling layer, and the third surface is flush with the fourth surface or closer to the first surface of the substrate than the fourth surface.

11. The solar cell module according to claim 10 , wherein the tunneling layer comprises a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, the first dielectric layer is formed between the first emitter and the substrate, the second dielectric layer is configured to cover a portion of the second surface of the substrate corresponding to the second region and cover a third surface and a sidewall of the first emitter, the third surface is a surface of the first emitter facing away from the first dielectric layer;
wherein the second emitter is disposed on the second dielectric layer, and the first electrode is further configu

Assignees

• Jinko Green Energy Shanghai Man Co Ltd
• Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xu Menglei
• Yang Jie
• Zhang Xinyu
• Jin Hao

Classifications

• H10F77/14

  Shape of semiconductor bodies; Shapes, relative sizes or dispositions of semiconductor regions within semiconductor bodies · CPC title

• H10F77/219

  Arrangements for electrodes of back-contact photovoltaic cells · CPC title

• H10F10/146 Primary

  Back-junction photovoltaic cells, e.g. having interdigitated base-emitter regions on the back side · CPC title

• H10F77/1645

  including microcrystalline silicon · CPC title

• H10F77/955

  for photovoltaic devices · CPC title