Solar cell module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9490376-B2
Application number	US-201213617784-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2012
Priority date	Sep 29, 2011
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

A solar cell module according to an embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of solar cells each including a substrate, a first electrode current collector which is positioned at a first edge of a back surface of the substrate and extends in a first direction, and a second electrode current collector which is positioned at a second edge of the back surface of the substrate and extends in the first direction, a conductive adhesive film contacting a first electrode current collector of a first solar cell of the plurality of solar cells, or a second electrode current collector of a second solar cell adjacent to the first solar cell, or both, and an interconnector which contacts the conductive adhesive film and electrically connects the adjacent first and second solar cells to each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A solar cell module comprising:
a plurality of solar cells each including a single crystalline semiconductor substrate, an emitter region which is positioned on a back surface of the single crystalline semiconductor substrate and simultaneously forms a heterojunction and a p-n junction with the single crystalline semiconductor substrate, a back surface field region which is separated from the emitter region and is positioned on the back surface of the single crystalline semiconductor substrate, extends parallel to the emitter region and forms a heterojunction with the single crystalline semiconductor substrate, a plurality of first electrodes which are connected to the emitter region and extend in a first direction, a plurality of second electrodes which are connected to the back surface field region and extend in the first direction, a first electrode current collector which is positioned at a first edge of the back surface of the single crystalline semiconductor substrate and extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a second electrode current collector which is positioned at a second edge of the back surface of the single crystalline semiconductor substrate and extends in the second direction;
a conductive adhesive film configured to contact with the first electrode current collector of a first solar cell of the plurality of solar cells, and with the second electrode current collector of a second solar cell adjacent to the first solar cell;
an interconnector configured to contact with the conductive adhesive film and electrically connect the first and second solar cells to each other;
a front encapsulant and a back encapsulant configured to protect the plurality of solar cells;
a transparent member positioned on the front encapsulant on front surfaces of the single crystalline semiconductor substrates of the plurality of solar cells; and
a back sheet positioned under the back encapsulant on the back surfaces of the single crystalline semiconductor substrates of the plurality of solar cells;
wherein the conductive adhesive film includes a resin and a plurality of conductive particles distributed in the resin,
wherein the conductive adhesive film having a first portion is positioned between the interconnector and the first electrode current collector, and the conductive adhesive film having a second portion is positioned between the interconnector and the second electrode current collector,
wherein a width of the first portion of the conductive adhesive film which is connected to the first electrode current collector is less than a width of the first electrode current collector, and a width of an overlapping area of the interconnector and the first portion of the conductive adhesive film is less than the width of the first portion of the conductive adhesive film,
wherein a width of the second portion of the conductive adhesive film which is connected to the second electrode current collector is less than a width of the second electrode current collector, and a width of an overlapping area of the interconnector and the second portion of the conductive adhesive film is less than the width of the second portion of the conductive adhesive film, and
wherein the conductive adhesive film does not contact the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes.

2. The solar cell module of claim 1 , wherein a length of the first portion of the conductive adhesive film is equal to or less than a length of the first electrode current collector, and a length of the second portion of the conductive adhesive film is equal to or less than a length of the second electrode current collector.

3. The solar cell module of claim 1 , wherein first ends of the plurality of first electrodes being connected to the first electrode current collector, first ends of the plurality of second electrodes being connected to the second electrode current collector, and wherein the first portion of the conductive adhesive film does not contact the plurality of first electrodes, and the second portion of the conductive adhesive film does not contact the plurality of second electrodes.

4. The solar cell module of claim 1 , wherein a length of the interconnector is equal to or less than a length of the first portion of the conductive adhesive film and a length of the second portion of the conductive adhesive film.

5. The solar cell module of claim 1 , wherein a width of the interconnector is greater than a distance between adjacent ends of the first portion of the conductive adhesive film and the second portion of the conductive adhesive film.

6. The solar cell module of claim 1 , wherein the conductive adhesive film contacts the first electrode current collector of the first solar cell and the second electrode current collector of the second solar cell, and extends from the first electrode current collector to the second electrode current collector.

7. The solar cell module of claim 6 , wherein a width of the conductive adhesive film is equal to or greater than a width of the interconnector.

8. The solar cell module of claim 6 , wherein a length of the interconnector is equal to or less than a length of the conductive adhesive film.

9. The solar cell module of claim 6 , wherein first ends of the plurality of first electrodes being connected to the first electrode current collector, first ends of the plurality of second electrodes being connected to the second electrode current collector.

10. The solar cell module of claim 1 , wherein the conductive adhesive film has a groove in which a portion of a spacer is buried.

11. The solar cell module of claim 1 , further comprising a spacer maintaining a distance between the first and second solar cells.

12. The solar cell module of claim 11 , wherein the spacer has substantially a same thickness as a thickness of the single crystalline semiconductor substrate.

13. The solar cell module of claim 11 , wherein the spacer is positioned between each of the single crystalline semiconductor substrates of the first and second solar cells.

14. The solar cell module of claim 11 , wherein a space between the spacer and the interconnector is filled with the front encapsulant or the back encapsulant.

15. The solar cell module of claim 11 , wherein a thickness of a space between the spacer and the interconnector is equal to or greater than a sum of a thickness of the first electrode current collector and a thickness of the conductive adhesive film or a sum of a thickness of the second electrode current collector and the thickness of the conductive adhesive film.

Assignees

• Joe Jin Hyoun
• Choi Junghoon
• Ji Kwangsun
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Joe Jin Hyoun
• Choi Junghoon
• Ji Kwangsun

Classifications

• Y02E10/547

  Monocrystalline silicon PV cells · CPC title

• H01L31/0747

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/0516

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/022441 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/0682

  Electricity · mapped topic