Composition for solar cell electrode and electrode prepared using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019035951-A1
Application number	US-201815970118-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 3, 2018
Priority date	Jul 28, 2017
Publication date	Jan 31, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A composition for a solar cell electrode includes a conductive powder, a glass frit that contains tellurium (Te), lithium (Li), zinc (Zn), and oxygen (O), the glass frit having a tap density of about 0.8 g/ml to about 1.55 g/ml, and an organic vehicle

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A composition for a solar cell electrode, the composition comprising:
a conductive powder; a glass frit that contains tellurium (Te), lithium (Li), zinc (Zn), and oxygen (O), the glass frit having a tap density of about 0.8 g/ml to about 1.55 g/ml; and an organic vehicle.

2 . The composition for a solar cell electrode as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass frit is formed of a metal oxide including:
about 25 mol % to about 45 mol % of tellurium oxide (TeO 2 ); about 25 mol % to about 40 mol % of lithium oxide (Li 2 O); and about 15 mol % to about 35 mol % of zinc oxide (ZnO).

3 . The composition for a solar cell electrode as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass frit is formed of a mixture of components that consists essentially of:
34 mol % to 39 mol % of tellurium oxide (TeO 2 ); 24 mol % to 33 mol % of lithium oxide (Li 2 O); 17 mol % to 22 mol % of zinc oxide (ZnO); 7 mol % to 12 mol % of boron oxide (B 2 O 3 ); 5 mol % to 7 mol % of magnesium oxide (MgO 2 ); and 0 mol % to 1 mol % of tungsten oxide (WO 3 ), provided that mole percentages of the TeO 2 , Li 2 O, ZnO, B 2 O 3 , MgO 2 , and WO 3 are limited to combinations thereof providing a tap density of about 0.8 g/ml to about 1.55 g/ml.

4 . The composition for a solar cell electrode as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass frit is formed of a metal oxide including tellurium oxide (TeO 2 ), lithium oxide (Li 2 O), and zinc oxide (ZnO), and wherein the glass fit satisfies the following Formula 1, wherein M TeO2 represents mol % of TeO 2 , M Li2O represents mol % of Li 2 O, and M ZnO represents mol % of ZnO,
0 mol %≤|M TeO2 −M Li2O |+|M Li2O −M ZnO |+|M ZnO −M TeO2 |≤about 60 mol %.   [Formula 1]

5 . The composition for a solar cell electrode as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass frit does not include bismuth (Bi) and does not include lead (Pb).

6 . The composition for a solar cell electrode as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass frit has a particle size of about 0.1 μm to about 10 μm.

7 . The composition for a solar cell electrode as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the glass frit further includes at least one of sodium (Na), phosphorous (P), germanium (Ge), gallium (Ga), cerium (Ce), iron (Fe), silicon (Si), tungsten (W), magnesium (Mg), molybdenum (Mo), cesium (Cs), strontium (Sr), titanium (Ti), tin (Sn), indium (In), vanadium (V), barium (Ba), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), potassium (K), arsenic (As), cobalt (Co), zirconium (Zr), manganese (Mn), aluminum (Al), or boron (B).

8 . The composition for a solar cell electrode as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
about 60 wt % to about 95 wt % of the conductive powder; about 0.1 wt % to about 20 wt % of the glass frit; and about 1 wt % to about 30 wt % of the organic vehicle.

9 . The composition for a solar cell electrode as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a dispersing agent, a thixotropic agent, a plasticizer, a viscosity stabilizer, an antifoaming agent, a pigment, an ultraviolet stabilizer, an antioxidant, or a coupling agent.

10 . A solar cell electrode prepared from the composition for a solar cell electrode as claimed in claim 1 .

11 . A method of preparing a solar cell electrode, the method comprising:
providing a substrate having a p-n junction, the substrate having a light-receiving surface and a back surface; applying, to the light-receiving surface, the composition as claimed in claim 1 ; and baking the substrate having the composition applied thereto.

Assignees

• Samsung Sdi Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Min Young
• Kim Dong Suk

Classifications

• C03C3/14

  containing boron · CPC title

• C03C8/24

  Fusion seal compositions being frit compositions having non-frit additions, i.e. for use as seals between dissimilar materials, e.g. glass and metal; Glass solders · CPC title

• C03C8/18

  containing free metals · CPC title

• C03C8/04

  containing zinc · CPC title

• H01B1/16 Primary

  the conductive material comprising metals or alloys · CPC title