Intergrated color solar cell for window and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020373442-A1
Application number	US-202016878916-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 20, 2020
Priority date	May 20, 2019
Publication date	Nov 26, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an integrated color solar cell for a window, and more specifically, to an integrated color solar cell for a window very suitable as a window-type as the efficiency of the solar cell is excellent, the stability of a substrate is improved, and the precise color reproduction is possible by minimizing light loss existing in the solar cell while relative harvesting efficiency and relative current density are improved without open circuit reduction by suppressing light reflection, and a manufacturing method thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of manufacturing an integrated color solar cell for a window, comprising:
forming a temporary bonding layer on a solar cell; and locating a color filter, configured to reflect a portion of light and transmit the remaining light to express a predetermined color, on the temporary bonding layer and curing the temporary bonding layer to form a bonding layer.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the temporary bonding layer is formed through screen printing.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more types of polymer selected from the group consisting of a photocurable polymer and a thermosetting polymer is cured to form the bonding layer.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the bonding layer includes polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS).

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the solar cell is any one solar cell selected from the group consisting of a perovskite solar cell, a copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) solar cell, a copper indium gallium selenide selenium (CIGSSe) solar cell, and a silicon solar cell.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the color filter includes a color reproduction layer formed by laminating one or more repeat units using a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer as the repeat units; a refractive index of the second layer is different from that of the first layer; and a refractive index of the third layer is the same as or different from that of the first layer.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the color reproduction layer is formed by laminating the repeat units 3 to 40 times.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the refractive index of the second layer is greater than the refractive indexes of the first layer and the third layer.

9 . An integrated color solar cell for a window, comprising:
a solar cell; a color filter provided on or under the solar cell and configured to reflect a portion of light and transmit the remaining light to express a predetermined color; and a bonding layer interposed between the solar cell and the color filter.

10 . The integrated color solar cell for a window of claim 9 , which satisfies the following Condition 1:
0.85≤ A/B≤ 1.15   Condition 1
wherein A is the light harvesting efficiency of the integrated color solar cell for a window in which the solar cell and the color filter are integrated through the bonding layer, and wherein B is the light harvesting efficiency of the solar cell not including the bonding layer and the color filter.

11 . A window including the integrated color solar cell for a window of claim 9 .

Assignees

• Univ Kookmin Ind Acad Coop Found
• Korea Inst Sci & Tech

Inventors

• Do Young Rag
• Min Byoung Koun

Classifications

• H10F77/45

  Wavelength conversion means, e.g. by using luminescent material, fluorescent concentrators or up-conversion arrangements · CPC title

• H10F77/40

  Optical elements or arrangements (surface textures H10F77/70) · CPC title

• H10F71/00 Primary

  Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass (patterning processes to connect thin photovoltaic cells in integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells H10F19/33; manufacture or treatment of encapsulations or containers for integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells H10F19/80; manufacture or treatment of integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element in which radiation controls the flow of current H10F39/00) · CPC title

• H10F77/935

  for photovoltaic devices or modules · CPC title

• H10F19/804

  Materials of encapsulations · CPC title