A METHOD OF FORMING FRONT CONTACTS TO A SILICON SOLAR CELL WITHOUT PATTERNING

• Main Authors: DUKOVIC, JOHN, BORDEN, PETER, XU, LI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 12.08.2010
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

A method for forming front contacts on a silicon solar cell which includes texture etching the front surface of the solar cell, forming an antireflective layer over the face, diffusing a doping material into the face to form a heavily doped region in valleys formed during the texture-etching of the...