Multi-layer back surface field layer in a solar cell structure

US10340401B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Xing-Quan Liu · Arcadia, US
• Daniel C. Law · Arcadia, US
• Eric M. Rehder · Los Angeles, US
• Christopher M. Fetzer · Valencia, US
• Richard R. King · Thousand Oaks, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 1, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/544

Abstract

Photovoltaic (PV) cell structures are disclosed. In one example embodiment, a PV cell includes an emitter layer, a base layer adjacent to the emitter layer, and a back surface field (BSF) layer adjacent to the base layer. The BSF layer includes a first layer, and a second layer adjacent to the first layer. The first layer includes a first material and the second layer includes a second material different than the first material.