EP2659518A4 - Procédés de traitement au laser pour cellules solaires photovoltaïques - Google Patents

Procédés de traitement au laser pour cellules solaires photovoltaïques

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EP2659518A4
EP2659518A4 EP11853473.4A EP11853473A EP2659518A4 EP 2659518 A4 EP2659518 A4 EP 2659518A4 EP 11853473 A EP11853473 A EP 11853473A EP 2659518 A4 EP2659518 A4 EP 2659518A4
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Prior art keywords
solar cells
laser processing
processing methods
photovoltaic solar
photovoltaic
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German (de)
English (en)
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EP2659518A2 (fr
Inventor
Mehrdad M Moslehi
Virendra V Rana
Pranav Anbalagan
Vivek Saraswat
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Beamreach Solexel Assets Inc
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Solexel Inc
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Priority claimed from US13/118,295 external-priority patent/US8399331B2/en
Priority claimed from US13/271,212 external-priority patent/US9508886B2/en
Priority claimed from US13/303,488 external-priority patent/US20130164883A1/en
Application filed by Solexel Inc filed Critical Solexel Inc
Publication of EP2659518A2 publication Critical patent/EP2659518A2/fr
Publication of EP2659518A4 publication Critical patent/EP2659518A4/fr
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F77/70—Surface textures, e.g. pyramid structures
    • H10F77/703—Surface textures, e.g. pyramid structures of the semiconductor bodies, e.g. textured active layers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/02—Positioning or observing the workpiece, e.g. with respect to the point of impact; Aligning, aiming or focusing the laser beam
    • B23K26/06—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing
    • B23K26/062—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by direct control of the laser beam
    • B23K26/0622—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by direct control of the laser beam by shaping pulses
    • B23K26/0624—Shaping the laser beam, e.g. by masks or multi-focusing by direct control of the laser beam by shaping pulses using ultrashort pulses, i.e. pulses of 1 ns or less
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K26/00—Working by laser beam, e.g. welding, cutting or boring
    • B23K26/36—Removing material
    • B23K26/40—Removing material taking account of the properties of the material involved
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F10/00—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells
    • H10F10/10—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells having potential barriers
    • H10F10/14—Photovoltaic cells having only PN homojunction potential barriers
    • H10F10/146—Back-junction photovoltaic cells, e.g. having interdigitated base-emitter regions on the back side
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F71/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F71/121—The active layers comprising only Group IV materials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P34/00—Irradiation with electromagnetic or particle radiation of wafers, substrates or parts of devices
    • H10P34/40—Irradiation with electromagnetic or particle radiation of wafers, substrates or parts of devices with high-energy radiation
    • H10P34/42—Irradiation with electromagnetic or particle radiation of wafers, substrates or parts of devices with high-energy radiation with electromagnetic radiation, e.g. laser annealing
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10P—GENERIC PROCESSES OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H10P95/00—Generic processes or apparatus for manufacture or treatments not covered by the other groups of this subclass
    • H10P95/90—Thermal treatments, e.g. annealing or sintering
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2103/00—Materials to be soldered, welded or cut
    • B23K2103/50—Inorganic materials other than metals or composite materials
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/547—Monocrystalline silicon PV cells
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
    • Y02P70/50—Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
  • Recrystallisation Techniques (AREA)
EP11853473.4A 2010-12-30 2011-12-30 Procédés de traitement au laser pour cellules solaires photovoltaïques Withdrawn EP2659518A4 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (8)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US201061428600P 2010-12-30 2010-12-30
US201061428953P 2010-12-31 2010-12-31
US201061428957P 2010-12-31 2010-12-31
US201113057104A 2011-02-01 2011-02-01
US13/118,295 US8399331B2 (en) 2007-10-06 2011-05-27 Laser processing for high-efficiency thin crystalline silicon solar cell fabrication
US13/271,212 US9508886B2 (en) 2007-10-06 2011-10-11 Method for making a crystalline silicon solar cell substrate utilizing flat top laser beam
US13/303,488 US20130164883A1 (en) 2007-10-06 2011-11-23 Laser annealing applications in high-efficiency solar cells
PCT/US2011/068037 WO2012092537A2 (fr) 2010-12-30 2011-12-30 Procédés de traitement au laser pour cellules solaires photovoltaïques

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EP2659518A2 EP2659518A2 (fr) 2013-11-06
EP2659518A4 true EP2659518A4 (fr) 2014-09-24

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KR (1) KR101384853B1 (fr)
WO (1) WO2012092537A2 (fr)

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WO2012092537A2 (fr) 2012-07-05

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