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US 10,644,179 B1Granted
Stable perovskite module interconnects
AssigneeSwift Solar Inc.
InventorKevin Alexander Bush
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Abstract
Thin-film solar cell modules and serial cell-to-cell interconnect structures and methods of fabrication are described. In an embodiment, solar cell module and interconnect includes a conformal transport layer over a subcell layer. The conformal transport layer may also laterally surround an outside perimeter the subcell layer.
Claims15
A solar cell serial interconnect comprising:
- a bottom electrode layer;
- a first patterned line opening in the bottom electrode layer that separates the bottom electrode layer into a first bottom electrode layer of a first cell and a second bottom electrode layer of a second cell;
- a subcell layer over the bottom electrode layer;
- a second patterned line opening in the subcell layer that separates the subcell layer into a first subcell layer of the first cell and a second subcell layer of the second cell, the second patterned line opening including a first sidewall along the first subcell layer and a second sidewall along the second subcell layer laterally opposite to the first sidewall;
- a non-metallic intermediate layer along the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the second patterned line opening;
- a continuous conformal transport layer that spans over the first subcell layer, the second subcell layer, on the non-metallic intermediate layer within the second patterned line opening, and over the second bottom electrode layer within the second patterned line opening;
- a top electrode layer over the continuous conformal transport layer and on the continuous conformal transport layer within the second patterned line opening;
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- a third patterned line opening in the top electrode layer to separate the top electrode layer into a first top electrode layer of the first cell and a second top electrode layer of the second cell;
- wherein the second bottom electrode layer of the second subcell and the first top electrode layer of the first subcell are serially interconnected.
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