Back contact solar cell and photovoltaic module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026075982-A1
Application number	US-202519356399-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 13, 2025
Priority date	Sep 12, 2024
Publication date	Mar 12, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present application discloses a back contact solar cell and a photovoltaic module. In one example, a back contact solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, a first doped semiconductor part, a second doped semiconductor part, a first dielectric passivation layer, and a second dielectric passivation layer. Each of the first dielectric passivation layer and the second dielectric passivation layer includes a first passivation sub-layer having a field passivation function. A conductivity type of the first doped semiconductor part is opposite to that of fixed charges of the first passivation sub-layer. Each of the first dielectric passivation layer and the second dielectric passivation layer further includes a second passivation sub-layer having a chemical passivation function. The first passivation sub-layer of the first dielectric passivation layer includes a hydrogen-containing passivation layer. A portion of the hydrogen-containing passivation layer has micro-structures.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A back contact solar cell, comprising: a semiconductor substrate, a first doped semiconductor part, a second doped semiconductor part, a first dielectric passivation layer, and a second dielectric passivation layer, wherein a conductivity type of the first doped semiconductor part is opposite to a conductivity type of the second doped semiconductor part, wherein each of the first dielectric passivation layer and the second dielectric passivation layer comprises a first passivation sub-layer having a field passivation function, and wherein the conductivity type of the first doped semiconductor part is opposite to a conductivity type of fixed charges of the first passivation sub-layer,
wherein the semiconductor substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, wherein along a direction parallel to the first surface, the first doped semiconductor part and the second doped semiconductor part are alternately distributed on the first surface, wherein the first dielectric passivation layer covers a side of the first doped semiconductor part facing away from the semiconductor substrate, and the second dielectric passivation layer covers a side of the second doped semiconductor part facing away from the semiconductor substrate, wherein each of the first dielectric passivation layer and the second dielectric passivation layer further comprises a second passivation sub-layer having a chemical passivation function, wherein the second passivation sub-layer is disposed on a side of the first passivation sub-layer facing away from the semiconductor substrate, wherein a material of the second passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric passivation layer is different from a material of the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric passivation layer, and wherein a material of the second passivation sub-layer comprised in the second dielectric passivation layer is different from a material of the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the second dielectric passivation layer, and wherein the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric passivation layer comprises a hydrogen-containing passivation layer, and wherein a portion of the hydrogen-containing passivation layer has micro-structures.

2 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the micro-structures is bulged in a direction away from the semiconductor substrate.

3 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the micro-structures is sunken or bulged in the middle and has a cyclonic shape at an edge.

4 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the second dielectric passivation layer comprises a hydrogen-containing passivation layer that is absent of the micro-structures.

5 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric passivation layer and the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the second dielectric passivation layer each comprise the hydrogen-containing passivation layer, and
wherein a distribution density of the micro-structures in the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric passivation layer is greater than a distribution density of the micro-structures in the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the second dielectric passivation layer.

6 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a size of at least one of the micro-structures is greater than or equal to 10 μm and less than or equal to 20 μm, and
wherein a height of the at least one of the micro-structures is greater than or equal to 0.1 μm and less than or equal to 0.5 μm.

7 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first passivation sub-layer is greater than or equal to 2 nm and less than or equal to 15 nm, and
wherein a thickness of the first passivation sub-layer contained in the first dielectric passivation layer is greater than a thickness of the first passivation sub-layer contained in the second dielectric passivation layer.

8 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a space is formed between the hydrogen-containing passivation layer having the micro-structures and the first doped semiconductor part.

9 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a space is formed between the first dielectric passivation layer and the first doped semiconductor part.

10 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric passivation layer is less than a thickness of the second passivation sub-layer comprised in the second dielectric passivation layer, and
wherein a difference between the thickness of the second passivation sub-layer comprised in the second dielectric passivation layer and the thickness of the second passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric passivation layer is greater than or equal to 0.5 nm, and less than or equal to 5 nm.

11 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second passivation sub-layer is greater than or equal to 50 nm and less than or equal to 160 nm.

12 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first dielectric passivation layer is less than a thickness of the second dielectric passivation layer, and
wherein the thickness of the first dielectric passivation layer and the thickness of the second dielectric passivation layer are greater than or equal to 52 nm and less than or equal to 175 nm.

13 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein under a same test condition, a photometric luminance (PL) value of a part on a back surface of the back contact solar cell corresponding to the second doped semiconductor part is greater than a PL value of a part on the back surface of the back contact solar cell corresponding to the first doped semiconductor part.

14 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of first doped semiconductor part has a first tower base-shaped texture structure, and a surface of the second doped semiconductor part facing away from the semiconductor substrate has a second tower base-shaped texture structure, and
wherein a size of the first tower base-shaped texture structure is different from a size of the second doped semiconductor part.

15 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 14 , wherein a side length of the first tower base-shaped texture structure is greater than a side length of the second base-shaped texture structure.

16 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 14 , wherein a height of the first tower base-shaped texture structure is less than a height of the second doped semiconductor part.

17 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric passivation layer is the same as the material of the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the second dielectric passivation layer, and
wherein the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric passivation layer and the first passivation sub-layer comprised in the second dielectric passivation layer are integrally continuous.

18 . The back contact solar cell according to claim 1 , wherein the material of the second passivation sub-layer comprised in the first dielectric

Assignees

• Longi Green Energy Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Zhenguo
• Tong Hongbo
• Sun Zhanfeng
• Yu Long
• Li Jinyu

Classifications

• H10F19/908

  for back-contact photovoltaic cells · CPC title

• H02S50/15

  using optical means, e.g. using electroluminescence · CPC title

• H10F77/219

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

• H10F10/166

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

• H10F10/165

  the heterojunctions being Group IV-IV heterojunctions, e.g. Si/Ge, SiGe/Si or Si/SiC photovoltaic cells · CPC title