US 12,284,842 B2
Solar cell and solar cells module
Marcello Sciuto, Rome (IT); Andrea Canino, Rome (IT); Giuseppe Condorelli, Rome (IT); Cosimo Gerardi, Rome (IT); Antonio Terrasi, Rome (IT); Giacomo Torrisi, Rome (IT); and Anna Battaglia, Rome (IT)
Assigned to 3SUN S.R.L., Catania (IT)
Appl. No. 17/927,989
Filed by 3SUN S.R.L., Catania (IT)
PCT Filed May 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IT2021/050167
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/240569, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 102020000012613 (IT), filed on May 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0231062 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H10F 77/20 (2025.01); H10F 10/166 (2025.01); H10F 19/90 (2025.01)
CPC H10F 77/254 (2025.01) [H10F 10/166 (2025.01); H10F 19/906 (2025.01); H10F 77/244 (2025.01); H10F 77/247 (2025.01); H10F 77/251 (2025.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar cell, comprising: at least a first layer made of a semiconductor material for absorbing photons from light radiation and releasing charge carriers, and at least one conductive layer, deposited directly onto said first layer, adapted to allow said light radiation to enter into said solar cell towards said first layer and to collect the charge carriers released by said first layer, said conductive layer consisting of three overlapped layers:
a transparent intermediate metal layer, made of metal, and two oxide layers, made of a transparent conductive oxide, wherein both said oxide layers consisting of aluminum doped zinc oxide,
wherein said two oxide layers are respectively an inner oxide layer and an outer oxide layer surrounding said transparent intermediate metal layer so as to provide a low resistance path for the electrical charges and to maximize the amount of light radiation entering the solar cell,
wherein the solar cell is a heterojunction bifacial solar cell comprising a front side and a rear side, said at least one first layer comprising a first layer made of crystalline silicon, a second layer and a third layer, said second and third layers being made of hydrogenated amorphous silicon, and overlapping said first layer, surrounding it, said second layer arranged in correspondence of said front side, said third layer arranged in correspondence of said rear side, said solar cell further comprising a fourth layer made of n-type doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon, overlapping said second layer, a fifth layer made of p-type doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon, overlapping said third layer, and two conductive layers of said at least one conductive layer, respectively overlapping said fourth layer and said fifth layer,
wherein said outer oxide layer of said at least one conductive layer is an outermost layer of the solar cell;
wherein
said transparent intermediate metal layer has a thickness between 5 nm and 7 nm,
said inner oxide layer has a thickness of 50 nm; and
said outer oxide layer has a thickness between 50 nm and 60 nm.