WO2010030109A2 - 전력 손실이 최소화된 태양전지용 전면 전극 및 이를 포함하는 태양전지 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a solar cell front electrode and a solar cell including the same, the power loss is minimized, and more particularly, a plurality of grid electrodes parallel to each other on the semiconductor substrate and one or the crossing of the grid electrodes
- the pattern is formed of the above-mentioned current collector electrode, the current flowing into the grid electrode is collected by moving to the current collector electrode, the width of the grid electrode is characterized in that the structure consisting of increasing in the direction of the current collector electrode A technology relating to a front electrode for a battery.
- Solar cells can be divided into solar cells that generate steam required to rotate turbines using solar heat, and solar cells that convert photons into electrical energy using properties of semiconductors. Among them, researches on solar cells that convert light energy into electrical energy by absorbing light to generate electrons and holes have been actively conducted.
- FIG. 1 schematically illustrates the structure of such a solar cell (hereinafter, abbreviated as "Solar cell”), which is referred to on the first conductive semiconductor layer 22.
- the second conductive semiconductor layer 23 having the opposite conductivity type is formed and includes a P / N junction at an interface thereof, and a rear electrode contacting at least a portion of the first conductive semiconductor layer 22.
- an electrode 21 and a front electrode 11 in contact with at least a portion of the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer 23.
- an anti-reflection film 24 may be formed on the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer 23 to prevent reflection of light.
- the p-type silicon substrate is mainly used as the first conductivity type semiconductor layer 22, and the n-type emitter layer is used as the second conductivity type semiconductor layer 23.
- the front electrode 11 is mainly formed on the emitter layer 23 in the Ag pattern
- the rear electrode 21 is formed on the back surface of the silicon substrate 22 by the Al layer.
- the formation of the front electrode 11 and the rear electrode 21 is generally performed by screen printing.
- the front electrode generally consists of two wide current collector electrodes (also called 'busbars') and grid electrodes (also called 'fingers') that are as wide as 150 ⁇ m.
- the performance of a solar cell that converts light energy directly into electrical energy is expressed by the ratio of the output electric energy of the solar cell to the incident solar energy, and this ratio represents an indicator of the performance of the solar cell.
- the theoretical limit of conversion efficiency is determined by the materials constituting the solar cell, and is governed by the matching of the solar energy spectrum and the sensitivity spectrum of the solar cell. For example, the conversion efficiency is about 30 to 35% in a single crystal silicon solar cell, the conversion efficiency is 25% in an amorphous silicon solar cell, and 20 to 40% in the case of a compound semiconductor. However, the actual solar cell efficiency is currently about 25% at the laboratory scale.
- the causes may be classified into surface reflected light loss, loss lost by recombination at the surface or electrode interface in the carrier, loss lost by carrier recombination inside the photovoltaic cell, loss due to internal resistance of the solar cell, and the like.
- the power loss by the electrode is the resistance loss due to the photocurrent movement in the n-type semiconductor layer, the loss due to the contact resistance between the n-type semiconductor layer and the grid electrode, the resistance loss due to the photocurrent flowing along the grid electrode, And loss due to the area covered by the grid electrode.
- the present invention aims to solve the problems of the prior art and the technical problem that has been requested from the past.
- the present inventors have tried various methods and confirmed that the electrode loss can be significantly lowered compared to the existing electrode form by presenting the optimum electrode shape in which the width of the grid electrode is relatively large on the electrode side of the current collector. It was.
- the solar cell front electrode according to the present invention for achieving the above object, a pattern consisting of a plurality of grid electrodes parallel to each other and one or more current collector electrodes crossing the grid electrodes is formed on a semiconductor substrate
- the current flowing into the grid electrode is collected by moving to the current collecting electrode, and the electrode width of the grid increases in the direction of the current collecting electrode.
- the conventional grid electrode has a very thick and constant width of about 120 ⁇ 150 ⁇ m, as shown in Figure 5, a large area of the shadow (shadow) covered by the electrode has caused a lot of electrode loss.
- the present inventors considered the correlation between the loss of the electrode and the size of the grid electrode and the current collector electrode in order to develop a structure for minimizing the loss caused by the electrode.
- the loss of an electrode is the loss (I) that occurs when current passes through the n-type semiconductor layer, and the loss that occurs when the current passes from the n-type semiconductor layer to the electrode grid (II) + 3 Loss caused by flowing along the electrode grid (III) + (4) consists of the loss due to the area covered by the electrode (IV).
- the loss values are respectively calculated with reference to FIG. 2.
- b is the distance per grid electrode
- n is the number of grid electrodes
- ⁇ c is the contact resistivity between the electrode grid and the n-type semiconductor layer
- L a is the length of the front electrode
- t a is the thickness of the grid electrode (height )
- W a is the width of the grid electrode
- the current flowing along the grid electrode at the loss value of the electrode is increased integrally with the length of the grid electrode, it is advantageous to initially narrow the width of the grid electrode, but in the case of more than a certain length is wide due to the resistance It can be seen that it is preferable.
- the grid electrode has a structure in which its width increases in the direction of the current collector electrode in which the amount of current is increased.
- the width increasing rate of the grid electrode in the above is preferably a range in which the width of the grid electrode in contact with the collector electrode has a width increase of 50 to 500%, more preferably 200 to 500% with respect to the width of its opposite end. Can be.
- the width of the grid electrode toward the current collector electrode may vary.
- the width of the grid electrode may be continuously increased in inverse proportion to the distance to the current collector electrode.
- the continuously increasing form may, for example, be a linear structure in the form of a linear function, a curved structure in the form of a quadratic function, or the like.
- the width of the grid electrode may be in the form of discontinuously increasing inversely proportional to the distance to the current collector electrode.
- Discontinuously increasing forms include, for example, a stepped structure and a branched structure.
- the front electrode may effectively cope with a cumulative increase in current along the length of the grid electrode.
- the advantage of minimizing the loss due to the increased resistance is.
- the first pattern portion is formed with a predetermined length with respect to the grid electrode located on the side of the current collecting electrode where the amount of current is increased.
- the first pattern portion and the current collecting electrode are preferably configured to be orthogonal to each other.
- the current collector electrode is about 1.5 to 3 mm in width, it is preferable that two are formed at predetermined intervals.
- the second pattern portion may be formed of a structure in which two or more grid electrodes are joined. Accordingly, since the grid electrodes of the relatively narrow second pattern portion are joined to each other and are connected to the grid electrodes of the first pattern portion, power loss during the movement between the first pattern and the second pattern can be adjusted to a level that can be ignored.
- the structure in which the grid electrodes are joined in the second pattern portion may preferably be achieved in the form of a dendrite structure connecting the ends thereof between the grid electrode of the first pattern portion and the grid electrode of the second pattern portion. This is referred to as 'dendrite electrode' below.
- the width of the grid electrode in the first pattern portion and the second pattern portion is preferably adjusted to minimize the increase in resistance due to current accumulation while minimizing shadow loss by the grid electrode.
- the second pattern portion is a portion into which current is introduced, it is preferable to form a grid electrode having a relatively small width in terms of minimizing shadow loss since the current accumulation portion is small. Not only is it not easy to form, but a problem arises in that the resistance is increased.
- the first pattern portion is a portion where the current flows out to the current collecting electrode (in some cases, also serves as a portion into which the current is introduced), the first pattern portion has a wide width in terms of minimizing the increase in resistance due to the current accumulation. In case of excessive increase, shadow loss and material waste are caused.
- the dendritic electrode width may be 1 to 2 times based on the grid electrode width of the second pattern portion, preferably 1 to 1.5 times.
- the grid electrode width of the first pattern portion may be 1.1 to 15 times based on the grid electrode width of the second pattern portion in a range larger than the dendritic electrode width, preferably 3 to 5 times.
- the grid electrode width of the second pattern portion may be 10 to 60 ⁇ m, more preferably 10 to 40 ⁇ m, and the grid electrode width of the first pattern portion is greater than the width of the grid electrode of the second pattern portion. It is 50-150 micrometers in a large range, More preferably, it may be 60-100 micrometers.
- the width of the dendritic electrode may be 10 to 80 ⁇ m, more preferably 10 to 50 ⁇ m in a range equal to or greater than the width of the grid electrode of the second pattern portion.
- the second pattern part uses a thinner grid electrode than in the related art, even when the gap between grid electrodes having a size of about 2.5 to 3 mm is reduced, the shadow loss does not increase, and the moving distance of the current is shortened, thereby improving efficiency. Can be raised further.
- the grid electrode of the first pattern portion is wider than the second pattern portion, in order to minimize shadow loss, it is preferable to form the inter-electrode spacing not too small than the inter-electrode spacing of the second pattern portion.
- the spacing between the grid electrodes of the first pattern portion may be 0.7 to 6 times, preferably 1 to 3 times, based on the spacing between the grid electrodes of the second pattern portion.
- the spacing between the grid electrodes of the second pattern portion is 0.5 to 2 mm, and the spacing between the grid electrodes of the first pattern portion is 1.5 to the same or greater than the spacing of the grid electrodes of the second pattern portion. May be 3 mm.
- the dendritic electrode is preferably inclined at an angle of about 30 to 70 o with respect to the longitudinal direction of the grid electrode.
- the current resistance becomes excessively high, and the length of the second pattern portion is less than 10% or When the length of one pattern portion exceeds 90%, the shadow loss becomes high.
- the length of the grid electrode of the second pattern portion is 10 to 70% compared to the length of the entire grid electrode, the length of the grid electrode of the first pattern portion is preferably 30 to 90%.
- the length of the dendritic electrode is long, the length of the grid electrode is unnecessarily long, it is preferable to have a length of 0 to 10% compared to the length of the entire pattern.
- the semiconductor substrate may be an n-type semiconductor layer made of crystalline silicon, and various kinds of layers may be added as necessary.
- an antireflection film may be applied onto the impurity layer of the N + semiconductor layer, and silicon nitride or silicon oxide may be used as the antireflection film.
- the resistance of the n-type semiconductor layer is 50 ohms or more, more preferably 100 ohms. ⁇ ) or more.
- the present invention also provides a solar cell comprising the front electrode.
- the solar cell according to the present invention has an advantage that the conversion efficiency is very excellent because the electrode loss is less than 1.3 mW / cm 2 by optimizing the structure of the grid electrode.
- the solar cell may be a bulk material, and is preferably a crystalline silicon solar cell in view of high efficiency.
- the construction and manufacturing method of the solar cell is well known in the art, so a detailed description thereof is omitted herein.
- the present invention also provides a method of manufacturing a front electrode for a solar cell.
- Conventional front electrodes have been produced by screen printing processes.
- the screen printing process is a method in which ink is pushed out between screen masks and printed, and since the precision is about 100 ⁇ m, there is a limit in that a pattern of 100 ⁇ m or less is not realized, which causes a large electrode loss.
- the manufacturing method according to the present invention when forming a pattern consisting of a plurality of grid electrodes parallel to each other and a collector electrode intersecting the grid electrode on a semiconductor substrate,
- the front electrode is formed using the gravure printing method or the offset printing method, a pattern having a fine size can be easily manufactured, and a continuous process is possible, and thus the process efficiency is very high.
- the offset printing method has a patterning precision of about 10-20 ⁇ m, a thickness of about several ⁇ m, and thus has an advantage of forming a pattern having a very fine size, and also transfers a paste onto a substrate using a printing roll.
- a printing roll corresponding to a desired area there is an advantage that a pattern can be formed by one transfer even in a large area.
- the gravure printing method is also suitable for forming a fine pattern since it is possible to print a pattern of a sub- ⁇ m class, and also has the advantage that a large area patterning can be performed at one time as in the offset printing method.
- the paste includes a material for forming the grid of the front electrode and the current collector electrode, and may preferably include Ag powder.
- the curing step of the paste may preferably consist of a pre-drying step at a temperature of 150 ⁇ 200 °C, a binder removal step at 400 ⁇ 500 °C, and a sintering step at 750 ⁇ 850 °C,
- the time required may be 5 to 10 minutes.
- FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a solar cell according to the prior art
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a front electrode for a solar cell
- FIG. 3 is a partial plan view of a second type front electrode according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a partial plan view of a second type front electrode according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a partial plan view of a front electrode according to the prior art
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a process of forming a pattern by the offset printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view of a solar cell in which the front electrode according to FIG. 3 is formed;
- FIG. 8 is a plan view of a solar cell in which a front electrode according to FIG. 3 is formed;
- 9 and 10 are graphs showing the power loss rate according to the experimental example of the present invention.
- 3 and 4 schematically show a partial plan view of the front electrode according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the grid electrode 110 includes a first pattern portion A located at the current collecting electrode 120, a second pattern portion B located at a distance from the current collecting electrode 120, and a first pattern portion A.
- FIG. It consists of the dendritic electrode C located between the pattern part A and the 2nd pattern part B.
- FIG. In the first pattern portion A relatively wide grid electrodes are coarsely arranged, while in the second pattern portion, relatively narrow grid electrodes are densely arranged.
- the dendritic electrode C has a form in which two grid electrodes of the second pattern portion are bonded to each other. In the front electrode illustrated in FIG. 4, all grid electrodes of the second pattern portion are bonded to each other. Have In the front electrode of FIG. 4, since the distance between the grid electrodes of the first pattern portion is relatively narrow, a grid electrode having a width smaller than the width of the grid electrode of the first pattern portion of FIG. 3 may be formed in consideration of shadow loss. .
- FIG. 6 schematically illustrates a process of manufacturing the front electrode by using the offset printing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a groove 301 having a shape corresponding to a pattern of a front electrode to be formed in a semiconductor substrate is formed in the printing substrate 300.
- the method of forming the groove 301 is not particularly limited and can be performed by a known method such as a photolithography method.
- the electrode forming paste 310 is filled in the groove 301. This may be performed by applying the paste 310 to the surface of the printing substrate 300 and then advancing the doctor blade 330 in contact with the printing substrate 300. Therefore, the paste 310 may be filled in the groove 301 as the doctor blade 330 progresses, and the paste 310 remaining on the printing substrate 300 may be removed.
- the paste 310 filled in the groove 301 of the printing substrate 300 is transferred to the surface of the printing roll 340 which rotates in contact with the surface of the printing substrate 300.
- the printing roll 340 may be formed to have the same width as that of the semiconductor substrate 204 on which the pattern is formed, and may have a circumference of the same length as the length of the semiconductor substrate 204. Accordingly, the paste 310 filled in the groove 301 of the printing substrate 300 is transferred to the circumferential surface of the printing roll 340 by one rotation.
- the paste 310 transferred to the printing roll 340 is transferred to the semiconductor substrate 204 by rotating the printing roll 340 in contact with the surface of the semiconductor substrate 204, thereby transferring the transferred paste 110. ) Is cured to form a pattern.
- the front electrode is patterned using the offset printing method
- a pattern having a fine size can be easily formed, and the printing substrate 300 and the printing roll 340 can be formed in the size of the semiconductor substrate 204.
- the pattern can be formed by one transfer, and thus, the process efficiency is very high.
- FIG. 7 schematically shows a partial perspective view of a solar cell in which the front electrode according to FIG. 3 is formed.
- the n-type semiconductor layer 203 is formed on the p-type semiconductor layer 202 to form a p / n junction at the interface.
- the back electrode 201 is formed on the bottom surface of the p-type semiconductor layer 202.
- An antireflection film 204 having a honeycomb structure is formed on an upper surface of the n-type semiconductor layer 203, and includes a grid electrode and a current collecting electrode 120 on the antireflection film 204.
- the front electrode is formed and is in contact with the n-type semiconductor layer 203 at least in part.
- a p-type silicon substrate is mainly used as the p-type semiconductor layer 202, and an n-type emitter layer doped with phosphorous (P) is used as the n-type semiconductor layer 203.
- the front electrode 110 is mainly formed of an Ag pattern
- the rear electrode 201 is mainly formed of an Al layer on the back surface of the p-type semiconductor layer 202.
- the front electrode is vertically connected to the current collector electrode 120 having a wide width, and has a narrower width than the first pattern portion 110A and the first pattern portion A, each of which is formed of a grid electrode having a width of 150 ⁇ m or less.
- the second pattern portion 110B made of a grid electrode, and the dendritic electrode 110C made of a grid electrode connected to each other in contact therewith.
- FIG. 8 is a plan view schematically showing a front electrode of a solar cell according to the present invention.
- a grid electrode having an orthogonal shape is formed between two current collector electrodes 120 and the current collector electrodes 120.
- the relatively thick first pattern portion 110A is connected to the current collector electrode 120 and is formed in a form orthogonal thereto.
- the second pattern part 110B is connected to the first pattern part 110A and has a structure connected to each other through a central part between the two current collecting electrodes 120.
- Phosphorous (P) was diffused onto the crystalline p-type silicon substrate to form an n layer having a resistance of 50 ohm, and an antireflective SiN x layer was deposited on the entire n layer.
- an Al paste is formed on the rear side of the substrate on which the pn junction is formed by screen printing and firing, and the electrode is formed on the front side of the n layer in the form as shown in FIG. 3 by an offset printing method using Ag paste. Formed.
- the length of the first pattern portion A was 2.6 cm
- the length of the second pattern portion B was 1 cm
- the width of the grid electrode of the first pattern portion A was measured.
- the electrode was formed to manufacture a solar cell having an n-layer resistance of 50 ohm.
- the length of the first pattern portion was 2.4 cm
- the length of the second pattern portion was 1.2 cm
- the width and spacing of the grid electrodes of the first pattern portion were 90 ⁇ m and 1.7 mm, respectively, and the width of the grid electrodes of the second pattern portion.
- a distance of 20 ⁇ m and 0.83 mm, respectively, and the length of the dendritic electrode C was 0.05 cm, in the same manner as in Example 1, in which the n-layered solar cell was 100 ohm. Prepared.
- the width of the grid electrode was 120 ⁇ m, and the spacing of the grid electrodes was 2.5 mm.
- a solar cell having a resistance of n layers of 50 ohm was manufactured.
- the width of the grid electrode was 20 ⁇ m, and the distance between the grid electrodes was 1 mm.
- a solar cell having a resistance of 50 n-ohm n-layer as shown in FIG. 5 was manufactured.
- the width of the grid electrode was 120 ⁇ m, and the spacing of the grid electrodes was 2.5 mm, thereby manufacturing a solar cell having an n-layer resistance of 100 ohm.
- the width of the grid electrode was 20 ⁇ m, and the distance between the grid electrodes was 1 mm.
- a solar cell having a resistance of an n-layer having a shape as shown in FIG. 5 was 100 ohm.
- n-type loss is the loss (loss I) that occurs when the current passes through the n-type semiconductor layer
- contact loss is the loss that occurs when the current passes from the n-type semiconductor layer to the electrode grid ( Loss II).
- finger loss is the loss (loss III) that occurs when current flows along the electrode grid
- shadow loss is the loss (loss IV) by the area covered by the electrode.
- the difference in the loss rate of the embodiment compared to the comparative example means a difference in the loss rate for the case where the emitter resistance (n layer resistance) is the same. That is, Example 1 was compared with Comparative Examples 1 and 2 having an emitter resistance of 50 ohms, and Example 2 was compared with Comparative Examples 3 and 4 with an emitter resistance of 100 ohms.
- the solar cell of Example 1 having the front electrode of the present invention can be seen that the power loss is significantly reduced compared to the solar cells according to Comparative Examples 1 and 2. .
- the battery according to Comparative Example 2 by forming an excessively thin and dense grid electrode, the resistance of the current flowing through the grid electrode increases, so that the loss III is very high, whereas the battery according to Example 1 has a relatively high loss III. It can be seen that it is significantly reduced.
- the battery according to Comparative Example 1 has a very high shadow loss by using a grid electrode of a wide width and spacing, the shadow loss is greatly reduced in the case of the battery according to Example 1 of the present invention.
- the front electrode according to the present invention can be preferably applied even when using a high resistance n-type semiconductor layer for reducing the surface coupling rate of the current.
- the front electrode for a solar cell according to the present invention has a structure in which the width of the grid electrode increases in the direction of the current collector electrode, thereby minimizing the shadow loss and minimizing the increase in resistance, thereby reducing the power loss.
- highly efficient solar cells can be manufactured.
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- 태양전지용 전면 전극으로서, 반도체 기판 상에 서로 평행한 다수의 그리드 전극들 및 상기 그리드 전극들과 교차하는 하나 또는 그 이상의 집전용 전극으로 이루어진 패턴이 형성되어 있고, 상기 그리드 전극으로 유입된 전류는 집전용 전극으로 이동하여 집전되며, 상기 그리드 전극의 폭은 집전용 전극 방향으로 증가하는 구조로 이루어진 것을 특징으로 하는 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 그리드 전극은 상기 집전용 전극과 직교하는 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 그리드 전극의 폭은 집전용 전극에 대한 거리에 반비례하여 연속적으로 증가하는 구조로 이루어진 것을 특징으로 하는 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 그리드 전극의 폭은 집전용 전극에 대한 거리에 반비례하여 비연속적으로 증가하는 구조로 이루어진 것을 특징으로 하는 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 그리드 전극 폭의 증가율은 집전용 전극에 접한 그리드 전극 폭이 대향 단부의 폭에 대해 50 내지 500%의 폭 증가를 갖는 범위에 있는 것을 특징으로 하는 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 4 항에 있어서, 상기 패턴에서 그리드 전극의 폭이 150 ㎛ 이하인 제 1 패턴부 및 그리드 전극의 폭이 제 1 패턴부의 그리드 전극의 폭보다 좁은 제 2 패턴부로 이루어진 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 6 항에 있어서, 상기 제 2 패턴부는 둘 또는 그 이상의 그리드 전극들이 접합된 구조로 이루어진 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 6 항에 있어서, 상기 제 1 패턴부의 그리드 전극과 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극 사이에는 이들의 단부를 연결하는 수지상(dendrite) 전극이 위치하는 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 8 항에 있어서, 상기 수지상 전극 폭은 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극 폭을 기준으로 1 내지 2 배인 것을 특징으로 하는 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 8 항에 있어서, 상기 제 1 패턴부의 그리드 전극 폭은 수지상 전극 폭보다 큰 범위에서, 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극 폭을 기준으로 1.1 내지 15 배인 것을 특징으로 하는 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 8 항에 있어서, 상기 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극 폭은 10 내지 60 ㎛이고, 상기 제 1 패턴부의 그리드 전극 폭은 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극의 폭 보다 큰 범위 내에서 50 내지 150 ㎛이며, 상기 수지상 전극은 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극의 폭과 동일하거나 또는 그보다 큰 범위에서 10 내지 60 ㎛인 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 6 항에 있어서, 상기 제 1 패턴부의 그리드 전극들 간의 간격은 상기 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극들 간의 간격을 기준으로 0.7 내지 6배인 것을 특징으로 하는 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 6 항에 있어서, 상기 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극들 간의 간격은 0.5 내지 2 mm이고, 상기 제 1 패턴부의 그리드 전극들 간의 간격은 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극들의 간격과 같거나 큰 범위에서 1.5 내지 3 mm인 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 8 항에 있어서, 그리드 전극의 총 길이 대비, 상기 제 2 패턴부의 그리드 전극의 길이는 10 내지 70%이고, 상기 제 1 패턴부의 그리드 전극의 길이는 30 내지 90%이며, 상기 수지상 전극의 길이는 0 내지 10%인 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 반도체 기판은 결정성 실리콘으로 이루어진 n형 반도체 층인 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 1 항에 있어서, 상기 반도체 기판의 저항은 50 옴(Ω) 이상인 태양전지용 전면 전극.
- 제 1 항 내지 제 16 항 중 어느 하나에 따른 전면 전극을 포함하는 태양전지로서, 전극 손실이 1.3 mW/cm2 미만인 태양전지.
- 제 1 항에 따른 태양전지용 전면 전극을 제조하는 방법으로서,반도체 기판 상에 서로 평행한 다수의 그리드 전극들 및 상기 그리드 전극과 교차하는 집전용 전극으로 이루어진 패턴을 형성할 때,(a) 100 ㎛ 이하의 폭을 갖는 그리드를 형성하기 위해, 그라비아 프린팅법 또는 오프셋 프린팅법을 이용하여 반도체 기판에 페이스트를 프린트하는 단계; 및(b) 가열 및/또는 가압하여 페이스트를 경화하는 단계;를 포함하는 태양전지용 전면 전극의 제조방법.
- 제 18 항에 있어서, 상기 오프셋 프린팅법은, 전면 전극의 패턴에 대응하는 소정 패턴의 홈을 갖는 프린팅 기판을 마련하는 단계; 상기 프린팅 기판에 형성된 홈에 전극 형성용 페이스트를 채우는 단계; 상기 프린팅 기판에 인쇄롤을 회전시켜 홈에 채워진 페이스트를 인쇄롤로 전사하는 단계; 및 반도체 기판 상에 인쇄롤을 회전시켜 인쇄롤에 전사된 페이스트를 반도체 기판에 전사하는 단계;를 포함하는 태양전지용 전면 전극의 제조방법.
- 제 18 항에 있어서, 상기 그라비아 프린팅법은, 전면 전극의 패턴에 대응하는 소정 패턴의 홈을 갖는 블랭킷 실린더(blanket cylinder)를 마련하는 단계; 상기 블랭킷 실린더에 형성된 홈에 전극 형성용 페이스트를 채우는 단계; 및 상기 블랭킷 실린더를 반도체 기판 상에 회전시켜 상기 페이스트를 전사하는 단계;를 포함하는 태양전지용 전면 전극의 제조방법.
- 제 18 항에 있어서, 상기 페이스트는 Ag 분말을 포함하는 것을 특징으로 하는 태양전지용 전면 전극의 제조방법.
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