Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100147378 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method includes simultaneously forming a first doping region of a first conductive type and a second doping region of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type into a substrate of the first conductive type, forming a back passivation layer on the first doping region and the second doping region, removing portions of the back passivation layer to expose a portion of the first doping region and a portion of the second doping region, and forming a first electrode and a second electrode that are connected to the exposed portion of the first doping region and the exposed portion of the second doping region, respectively. | 06-17-2010 |
20100206369 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a semiconductor layer containing first impurities, a first portion positioned on a first part of one surface of the semiconductor layer, the first portion being more heavily doped with second impurities different from the first impurities than the semiconductor layer, a second portion positioned on a second part of the one surface of the semiconductor layer, the second portion being more heavily doped with the first impurities than the semiconductor layer, and a third portion positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion having an impurity concentration lower than an impurity concentration of the first portion and an impurity concentration of the second portion. | 08-19-2010 |
20110041911 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a first doped region of a first conductive type formed on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductive type, a second doped region of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type formed on the semiconductor substrate at a location adjacent to the first doped region, a passivation layer exposing a portion of each of the first and second doped regions, a first electrode formed on the exposed portion of the first doped region, and a second electrode formed on the exposed portion of the second doped region. The first electrode includes a metal seed layer directly contacting the first doped region, and the second electrode includes a metal seed layer directly contacting the second doped region. | 02-24-2011 |
20110073165 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell module and a method of manufacturing the same are discussed. The solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells, an interconnector configured to electrically connect adjacent solar cells of the plurality of solar cells to one another, a protective layers configured to protect the plurality of solar cells, a transparent member positioned on light receiving surfaces of the plurality of solar cells, and a back sheet positioned opposite the light receiving surfaces of the plurality of solar cells. The interconnector includes holes in connection portions between the interconnector and electrode parts of the adjacent solar cells. | 03-31-2011 |
20110073166 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell module and a method of manufacturing the same are discussed. The solar cell module includes a plurality of back contact solar cells, an interconnector that is positioned on back surfaces of the plurality of back contact solar cells and electrically connects adjacent back contact solar cells to one another, upper and lower protective layers for protecting the plurality of back contact solar cells, a transparent member that is positioned on the upper protective layer on light receiving surfaces of the plurality of back contact solar cells, and a back sheet that is positioned under the lower protective layer on surfaces opposite the light receiving surfaces of the plurality of back contact solar cells. The upper protective layer and the lower protective layer are formed of different materials. | 03-31-2011 |
20110259392 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin film solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are discussed. The method of manufacturing the thin film solar cell includes forming a masking jig in a first region of a substrate, forming a first electrode in a second region of the substrate, forming a photoelectric conversion unit on the first electrode formed in the second region of the substrate to produce electricity using light incident on the photoelectric conversion unit, and forming a second electrode on the photoelectric conversion unit formed in the second region of the substrate. | 10-27-2011 |
20110265848 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin film solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same are discussed. The method of manufacturing the thin film solar cell includes forming a plurality of cells, each cell including a first electrode on a substrate, a second electrode on the first electrode, and a photoelectric conversion unit between the first electrode and the second electrode, performing an edge deletion process to remove respective first portions of a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion unit included in an outermost cell positioned at an end of the substrate among the plurality of cells, and performing an edge isolation process to remove respective second portions of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the photoelectric conversion unit included in the outermost cell. | 11-03-2011 |
20120132248 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL MODULE - A thin film solar cell module includes a substrate; a plurality of first cells positioned in a central region, where one or more first cell include at least one photovoltaic unit; and a plurality of second cells positioned in edge regions of the substrate, where one or more second cell include at least one photovoltaic unit. Among the photovoltaic units positioned in the same layer the photovoltaic unit of the one or more second cells have higher band gap energy than that the photovoltaic unit of the one or more first cells. | 05-31-2012 |
20120145218 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL MODULE - A thin film solar cell module includes a substrate, a plurality of solar cells positioned on the substrate, a ribbon electrode positioned on an outermost solar cell of the plurality of solar cells, a plurality of conductive adhesive parts which are positioned between the outermost solar cell and the ribbon electrode and connect the outermost solar cell to the ribbon electrode, a junction box collecting electric power produced by the plurality of solar cells, and a bus bar electrode which is positioned across the plurality of solar cells and connects the junction box to the ribbon electrode. A distance between the plurality of conductive adhesive parts gradually decreases as the plurality of conductive adhesive parts are located closer to the bus bar electrode. | 06-14-2012 |
20120145227 | FRAME SYSTEM FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE - A frame system for a solar cell module, the frame system includes: a first frame member including a first body that is configured to be fixed to a substrate of the solar cell module and a male coupling portion that is protruded from the first body; and a second frame member including a second body that is configured to be fixed to an installation object and a female coupling portion that is configured to be coupled to the male coupling portion, wherein at an outer surface of the male coupling portion, a protrusion including an inclined surface having an upper width smaller than a lower width and a separation prevention surface that is positioned at a lower end portion of the inclined surface is formed, and at an inside of the female coupling portion, a protrusion coupling portion that corresponds to the protrusion is formed. | 06-14-2012 |
20120211060 | THIN-FILM SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin-film solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells including a first solar cell that is an outermost solar cell. The first electrode of the first solar cell is electrically open, and the first electrode of the first solar cell has a width smaller than widths of the first electrodes of the plurality of solar cells other than the first solar cell. By reducing a width of the outermost solar cell (that is a dead cell), the conversion efficiency of the thin-film solar cell module may be enhanced. | 08-23-2012 |
20130081667 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL MODULE - A thin film solar cell module includes a substrate, at least one first cell positioned in a central area of the substrate, and at least one second cell positioned in an edge area of the substrate. Each of the first and second cells includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least one photoelectric conversion unit positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. An amount of germanium contained in the photoelectric conversion unit of the first cell is less than an amount of germanium contained in the photoelectric conversion unit of the second cell positioned on the same level layer as the photoelectric conversion unit of the first cell. | 04-04-2013 |
20130092209 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thin film solar cell module according to an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate, a plurality of solar cells each including a first electrode on the substrate, a second electrode on the first electrode, and a photoelectric conversion unit between the first electrode and the second electrode, a ribbon positioned on each of first and second outermost solar cells among the solar cells, and a conductive adhesive part positioned between the first outermost solar cell and the ribbon and between the second outermost solar cell and the ribbon. The conductive adhesive part positioned between the second electrode of the first outermost solar cell and the ribbon includes a first connector, which is electrically connected to the first electrode, the photoelectric conversion unit, and the second electrode of the first outermost solar cell. | 04-18-2013 |
20130138373 | Apparatus and Method for Estimating Internal Resistance of Battery - Provided are an apparatus and a method for estimating internal resistance of a battery pack. The apparatus includes: a voltage sensing unit that measures a voltage value of the battery pack; a current sensing unit that measures a current value of the battery pack; a temperature sensing unit that measures a temperature value of the battery pack; and a microprocessor unit (MCU) that calculates the internal resistance of the battery pack using values transferred from the voltage sensing unit, the current sensing unit, and the temperature sensing unit. | 05-30-2013 |
20130174897 | THIN FILM SOLAR CELL - A thin film solar cell includes a substrate, a first electrode positioned on the substrate, a second electrode which is separated from the first electrode, and at least one photoelectric conversion unit positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. A photoelectric conversion unit positioned farthest from an incident surface of light among the at least one photoelectric conversion unit includes a plurality of first depressions. | 07-11-2013 |
20140295614 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A solar cell and a method of manufacturing a solar cell are disclosed. The solar cell includes forming a first doped region of a first conductive type and a second doped region of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type on a semiconductor substrate of the first conductive type; forming a passivation layer on the semiconductor substrate to expose a portion of each of the first and second doped regions; and forming a first electrode electrically connected to the first doped region and a second electrode electrically connected to the second doped region, wherein the forming of the first and second electrodes includes forming a metal seed layer directly contacting the first doped region and a metal seed layer directly contacting the second doped region, and forming a conductive layer on the metal seed layer of each of the first and second electrodes. | 10-02-2014 |