Solar cell and preparing method of the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9748424-B2
Application number	US-201214351848-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2012
Priority date	Oct 13, 2011
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

A solar cell according to the embodiment includes a back electrode layer on a support substrate; a first through hole dividing the back electrode layer into a plurality of back electrodes; a first contact pattern in the back electrode layer; a light absorbing layer formed on the back electrode layer and including a second contact pattern on the first contact pattern; and a front electrode layer on the light absorbing layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A solar cell comprising:
a back electrode layer on a support substrate;
a first through hole dividing the back electrode layer into a plurality of back electrodes;
a first contact pattern in the back electrode layer;
a light absorbing layer formed on the back electrode layer;
a second contact pattern dividing the light absorbing layer into a plurality of light absorbing layers;
wherein the second contact pattern is formed in a region overlapping the first contact pattern;
a front electrode layer on the light absorbing layer;
wherein the first contact pattern includes a plurality of contact protrusions spaced apart from each other,
wherein a portion of a top surface of the support substrate is exposed between each of the plurality of contact protrusions, and
wherein an interval between adjacent contact protrusions of the plurality of contact protrusions is in a range of 1 μm to 10 μm.

2. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the second contact pattern is formed in a region corresponding to the first contact pattern.

3. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein each contact protrusion is prepared in a form of a dot, a wire, a rod, a tube, or a concavo-convex structure.

4. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein each contact protrusion has a width in a range of 1 μm to 10 μm.

5. The solar cell of claim 1 , further comprising a contact resistance incremental layer between the back electrode layer and the light absorbing layer.

6. The solar cell of claim 5 , wherein the contact resistance incremental layer includes MoSe 2 or MoS 2 .

7. The solar cell of claim 1 , wherein the second contact pattern is formed through the light absorbing layer.

8. The solar cell of claim 5 , one side of the contact resistance incremental layer makes contact with the back electrode layer and the other side of the contact resistance incremental layer makes contact with the absorbing layer.

Assignees

• Lee Dong Keun
• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Dong Keun

Classifications

• Y02E10/542

  Dye sensitized solar cells · CPC title

• Y02E10/541

  CuInSe2 material PV cells · CPC title

• H01L31/0749

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/0465 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L31/02008

  Electricity · mapped topic