Improved solar cell front electrode and its production method

Abstract

The invention discloses an improved front electrode of a solar cell, the structure of which is similar to a beam bridge. The front electrode consists of two electrode parts, one of which is a pier part, penetrates a passive dielectric film, and has a bottom in point contact with an emitter region of the solar cell; and the other part of which is a bridge part, covers on the pier part and the passive dielectric film of the solar cell, and has a bottom which does not directly contact the emitter region of the solar cell. The beam bridge electrode only contacts the emitter region of the solar cell at a local position, and compared with the common solar cells, the beam bridge electrode has a smaller metal-semiconductor contact area, therefore, electron-hole recombination caused by metal-semiconductor interfacial energy state is less, the shortwave spectral response of the cell is better, thus being helpful to improving the photoelectric conversion efficiency of the solar cell.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of solar energy, and in particular relates to a solar battery front electrode and a manufacturing method thereof. Background technique [0002] A solar cell is a semiconductor device that directly converts solar energy into electrical energy based on the photovoltaic effect. Such as figure 1 As shown, a general solar cell is mainly composed of a pn junction 1, a passivation dielectric film 2, a front electrode 3, an aluminum back electric field and a back electrode ( figure 1 Aluminum back electric field and back electrode are not shown). When light shines on a solar cell, electron-hole pairs are generated inside the solar cell. Under the action of the built-in electric field of the pn junction, electrons and holes migrate to the n region (emitter region) 4 and the p region (base region) 5, thereby generating a certain potential difference between the emitter region and the base region. The front electro...

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Problems solved by technology

The disadvantage of this structure is that the contact area of ​​the metal-semiconductor interface 8 is large, and there are a large number of interface energy states at the metal-semiconductor interface 8, and electrons and holes are easy to recombine through these interface energy states, making the short-circuit current of the solar cell Decrease, lower photoelectric conversion efficiency

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