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Hybrid emitter all back contact solar cell

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1246834

An all back contact solar cell has a hybrid emitter design. The solar cell has a thin dielectric layer formed on a backside surface of a single crystalline silicon substrate. One emitter of the solar cell is made of doped polycrystalline silicon that is formed on the thin dielectric layer. The other emitter of the solar cell is formed in the single crystalline silicon substrate and is made of doped single crystalline silicon. The solar cell includes contact holes that allow metal contacts to connect to corresponding emitters.

Research Organization:
SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-07GO17043
Assignee:
SunPower Corporation (San Jose, CA)
Patent Number(s):
9,312,406
Application Number:
13/720,721
OSTI ID:
1246834
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Photovoltaic solar cells: An overview of state-of-the-art cell development and environmental issues journal January 2005

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