Stacked cell and preparation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12356784-B2
Application number	US-202418768878-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2024
Priority date	Nov 15, 2023
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

A stacked cell and preparation method thereof. The stacked cell includes: a crystalline silicon cell; a conductive connecting layer located on a surface of the crystalline silicon cell; a first isolation layer extending from a surface of the conductive connecting layer facing away from the crystalline silicon cell to penetrate through the conductive connecting layer, and a perovskite cell located on the surface of the conductive connecting layer facing away from the crystalline silicon cell.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stacked cell comprising:
a crystalline silicon cell;
a conductive connecting layer located on a surface of the crystalline silicon cell;
a first isolation layer extending from a surface of the conductive connecting layer facing away from the crystalline silicon cell to penetrate through the conductive connecting layer, the first isolation layer being made of an insulating material, and the first isolation layer being located inside the conductive connecting layer, and the first isolation layer being configured to reduce a transverse transport of carriers in the conductive connecting layer on both sides of the first isolation layer; and
a perovskite cell located on the surface of the conductive connecting layer facing away from the crystalline silicon cell; and
wherein the crystalline silicon cell comprises:
a substrate having a first conductivity type;
a first doped layer located on a side of the substrate facing away from the conductive connecting layer, the first doped layer having a second conductivity type;
a bottom transparent conductive layer located on a surface of the first doped layer facing away from the substrate; and
a second isolation layer extending from a surface of the bottom transparent conductive layer facing away from the first doped layer to penetrate through the bottom transparent conductive layer, the second isolation layer being made of an insulating material, and the second isolation layer being located inside the bottom transparent conductive layer.

2. The stacked cell according to claim 1 , wherein
a PN junction is formed between the substrate having the first conductivity type and the first doped layer having the second conductivity type.

3. The stacked cell according to claim 1 , wherein
majority carriers in the substrate having the first conductivity type are second carriers, and majority carriers in the first doped layer having the second conductivity type are first carriers; and
the first carriers are holes and the second carriers are electrons.

4. The stacked cell according to claim 1 , wherein
a material of the conductive connecting layer comprises one of ITO, ICO, IWO, VTTO, IZO, and AZO; and the conductive connecting layer is made of a transparent material; and a thickness of the conductive connecting layer is in a range of 15 nm to 25 nm or in a range of 80 nm to 150 nm.

5. The stacked cell according to claim 1 , wherein
a material of the substrate comprises a monocrystalline silicon having the first conductivity type and a thickness of the substrate is in a range of 50 μm to 500 μm;
a material of the first doped layer comprises a doped amorphous silicon having the second conductivity type; and/or
a thickness of the bottom transparent conductive layer is 110 nm, and a material of the bottom transparent conductive layer comprises one of ITO, ICO, IWO, VTTO, IZO and AZO.

6. The stacked cell according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive connecting layer comprises a main connecting layer and a peripheral connecting layer, and in a plane parallel to the crystalline silicon cell, the peripheral connecting layer at least partially surrounds the main connecting layer, and the first isolation layer is located in at least a partial region between the peripheral connecting layer and the main connecting layer.

7. The stacked cell according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom transparent conductive layer comprises a main conductive layer and an auxiliary conductive layer, and in a plane parallel to the crystalline silicon cell, the auxiliary conductive layer at least partially surrounds the main conductive layer, and the second isolation layer is located in at least a partial region between the auxiliary conductive layer and the main conductive layer.

8. The stacked cell according to claim 7 , wherein an orthographic projection of the first isolation layer on the bottom transparent conductive layer covers the second isolation layer.

9. The stacked cell according to claim 1 , wherein the crystalline silicon cell further comprises:
a first electrode layer located on a surface of the bottom transparent conductive layer facing away from the first doped layer; and
an anti-reflection layer located on a part of a surface of the first electrode layer facing away from the bottom transparent conductive layer.

10. The stacked cell according to claim 9 , wherein
a material of the anti-reflection layer comprises MgF2, and/or
a material of the first electrode layer comprises a metallic silver.

11. The stacked cell according to claim 1 , wherein the crystalline silicon cell further comprises:
a first passivation layer located between the first doped layer and the substrate;
a second passivation layer located on a surface of the substrate facing away from the first doped layer; and
a second doped layer located on a surface of the second passivation layer facing away from the substrate and in contact with the conductive connecting layer, and having the first conductivity type.

12. The stacked cell according to claim 11 , wherein
a material of the first passivation layer and/or a constituent material of the second passivation layer comprises an intrinsic amorphous silicon or a silicon dioxide, and a thickness of the first passivation layer and a thickness of the second passivation layer is in a range of 1 nm to 20 nm; and/or
a material of the second doped layer comprises a doped amorphous silicon having the first conductivity type, and a thickness of the second doped layer is in a range of 1 nm to 100 nm.

13. The stacked cell according to claim 1 , wherein the perovskite cell comprises a first carrier transport layer, a perovskite layer, a second carrier transport layer, a top transparent conductive layer, and a second electrode layer that are sequentially stacked on the surface of the conductive connecting layer facing away from the crystalline silicon cell.

14. The stacked cell according to claim 13 , wherein
a material of the first carrier transport layer comprises a nickel oxide; and a thickness of the first carrier transport layer is in a range of 15 nm to 50 nm;
a material of the second carrier transport layer comprises a tin oxide, an oxide layer or a zinc oxide, and a thickness of the second carrier transport layer is in a range of 10 nm to 200 nm;
a material of the perovskite layer comprises Cs 0.25 FA 0.75 Pb(I 0.8 Br 0.2 ) 3 , and a thickness of the perovskite layer is in a range of 200 nm to 1 μm; and/or
a material of the top transparent conductive layer comprises one of ITO, ICO, IWO, VTTO, IZO and AZO, and a thickness of the top transparent conductive layer is in a range of 80 nm to 150 nm.

15. A method of preparing the stacked cell of claim 1 , the method comprising:
providing the crystalline silicon cell;
forming the conductive connecting layer on the surface of the crystalline silicon cell;
forming the first isolation layer in the conductive connecting layer, the first isolation layer extending from the surface of the conductive connecting layer facing away from the crystalline silicon cell to penetrate through the conductive connecting layer, the first isolation layer being located inside the conductive connecting layer, and the first isolation layer being configured to reduce the transverse transport of carriers in the conductive connecting layer on both sides of the first isolation layer; and
forming the perovskite cell on the surface of the conductive connecting layer facing away from the crystalline silicon cell; and
wherein providing the crystalline silicon cell comprises:
providing the substrate having the first conduc

Assignees

• Trina Solar Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ding Xiaobing
• Yang Guangtao
• Xia Rui
• Chen Yiqi
• Zhang Xueling
• Chen Daming

Classifications

• H10K39/15

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• H10F10/166

  the Group IV-IV heterojunctions being heterojunctions of crystalline and amorphous materials, e.g. silicon heterojunction [SHJ] photovoltaic cells · CPC title

• H10F10/19

  Photovoltaic cells having multiple potential barriers of different types, e.g. tandem cells having both PN and PIN junctions · CPC title

• H10K30/57

  comprising multiple junctions, e.g. tandem PV cells · CPC title

• H10K71/60

  Forming conductive regions or layers, e.g. electrodes · CPC title