US 12,457,822 B2
Solar cell and manufacturing method of the same
Woo Jung Lee, Daejeon (KR); Yong-Duck Chung, Daejeon (KR); Daehyung Cho, Daejeon (KR); Myeong Eon Kim, Daejeon (KR); and Taeha Hwang, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/483,909.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0130642 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2022; and application No. 10-2023-0082725 (KR), filed on Jun. 27, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0128384 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H10F 77/20 (2025.01); H10F 19/85 (2025.01); H10F 77/30 (2025.01)
CPC H10F 77/219 (2025.01) [H10F 19/85 (2025.01); H10F 77/315 (2025.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A solar cell comprising:
a back-contact electrode disposed on a substrate;
a light absorbing layer disposed on the back-contact electrode, the light absorbing layer including CIGS;
an anti-defect layer on the light absorbing layer;
a buffer layer disposed on the anti-defect layer, the buffer layer containing zinc (Zn) and sulfur(S); and
an upper electrode on the buffer layer,
wherein the anti-defect layer has a thickness of 5 nm to 10 nm and contains magnesium (Mg) having an atomic mass lower than that of the sulfur(S) of the buffer layer.