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US 12,598,856 B2Granted
Mechanically strong connections for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells
AssigneeSwift Solar Inc.
InventorsTodd Krajewski, Tomas Leijtens
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Abstract
Solar cell modules and methods of fabrication are described. In an embodiment, a pair of tandem solar cells are a step surface or trench within the top subcell of a tandem solar cell is at least partially filled with another material such as an insulator support or electrically conductive support to transfer stress away from the absorber layer of the top subcell of the tandem solar cells when stacked or connected with ribbon.
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A solar cell module comprising:
- a first tandem solar cell including:
- a first lower silicon subcell;
- a first upper perovskite subcell;
- a first plurality of first trenches, each first trench including a first step edge adjacent to the first upper perovskite subcell and a first step floor over the first lower silicon subcell;
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- a first plurality of first insulator supports, each first insulator support at least partially filling a corresponding first trench of the first plurality of first trenches;
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- a second tandem solar cell including:
- a second lower silicon subcell;
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- a second upper perovskite subcell;
- wherein a back side of the second tandem solar cell is bonded to a top side of the first upper perovskite subcell with an electrically conductive bonding material, the electrically conductive bonding material positioned substantially over the first plurality of first insulator supports and the top side of the first upper perovskite subcell.
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A method for processing a solar cell module comprising:
- patterning a tandem solar cell including a lower silicon subcell and an upper perovskite subcell to form a plurality of trenches in the upper perovskite subcell, each trench including a step edge adjacent to the upper perovskite subcell and a step floor over the lower silicon subcell;
- depositing a plurality of insulator supports, each insulator support at least partially filling a corresponding trench of the plurality of trenches;
- applying metal finger electrodes and a busbar to a top side of the tandem solar cell;
- separating the tandem solar cell into a plurality of subcells including a first tandem solar cell;
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- bonding a top side of the upper perovskite subcell of the first tandem solar cell to a back side of a second tandem solar cell with an electrically conductive bonding material, the electrically conductive bonding material positioned substantially over the plurality of insulator supports and the top side of the upper perovskite subcell of the first tandem solar cell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.