Composition for forming solar cell electrode and electrode produced from same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9748417-B2
Application number	US-201314441220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2013
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A composition for solar cell electrodes and electrodes fabricated using the same. The composition includes a silver (Ag) powder; a first glass frit containing PbO and a second glass frit containing V 2 O 5 and TeO 2 ; and an organic vehicle. The composition includes two types of glass frits on PbO and V 2 O 5- TeO 2 , respectively, thereby minimizing contact resistance and adverse influence on a p-n junction of silicon solar cells.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composition for solar cell electrodes, comprising:
(A) silver (Ag) powder;
(B) a glass frit including a first glass fit b-1 containing PbO and a second glass frit b-2 containing V 2 O 5 and TeO 2 ; and
(C) an organic vehicle, wherein:
the second glass frit comprises vanadium oxide (V 2 O 5 ) and tellurium oxide (TeO 2 ) in a weight ratio of vanadium oxide (V 2 O 5 ) to tellurium oxide (TeO 2 ) ranging from 1:2 to 1:3, and
a weight ratio of the second glass frit to the first glass frit ranges from 1:2 to 1:3.

2. The composition according to claim 1 , comprising: 60 wt % to 95 wt % of (A) the silver (Ag) powder; 0.1 wt % to 20 wt % of (B) the glass frit; and 1 wt % to 30 wt % of (C) the organic vehicle.

3. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the first glass frit comprises 50 wt % to 90 wt % of PbO.

4. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second glass frits have an average particle diameter D50 of 0.1 μm to 10 μm.

5. The composition according to claim 1 , further comprising: at least one selected from the group of dispersants, thixotropic agents, plasticizers, viscosity stabilizers, anti-foaming agents, pigments, UV stabilizers, antioxidants, and coupling agents.

6. A solar cell electrode prepared from the composition for solar cell electrodes according to claim 1 .

7. The composition according to claim 1 , wherein the second glass frit further comprises tungsten oxide (WO 3 ).

Assignees

• Cheil Ind Inc

Inventors

• Song Dae Seop
• Kim Jae Ho
• Park Young Ki
• Yang Sang Hyun
• Choi Young Wook

Classifications

• Y02E10/50

  Photovoltaic [PV] energy · CPC title

• C03C3/062

  with less than 40% silica by weight · CPC title

• H01B1/22

  the conductive material comprising metals or alloys · CPC title

• C03C8/16

  with vehicle or suspending agents, e.g. slip · CPC title

• C03C8/18

  containing free metals · CPC title