# US 12,765,113 B2 · Solar cell and photovoltaic module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,765,113 B2 - Document ID: US12765113B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 19/248,813 - Filed: 2025-06-25 - Published: 2025-10-16 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-04-29 - Assignees: Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.; Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Ding Yu; Zhao Wang; Jie Yang; Wenqi Li; Jiahao Wu; Hao Wang; Jialei Chai; Xiaowen Zhang; Shijie Zhao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12765113B2 ## CPC - H10F 77/311: {for photovoltaic cells} - H10F 10/146: {Back-junction photovoltaic cells, e.g. having interdigitated base-emitter regions on the back side} - H10F 71/121: {The active layers comprising only Group IV materials} - H10F 71/129: {Passivating} - H10F 77/211: {for photovoltaic cells} - H10F 77/315: {the coatings being antireflective or having enhancing optical properties} - H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION ## Abstract A solar cell, including a crystalline silicon substrate; a first passivation contact step provided on a surface of the crystalline silicon substrate; a second passivation contact step provided on a surface of the first passivation contact step away from the crystalline silicon substrate and located corresponding to an electrode; a first passivation antireflection step provided on the surface of the first passivation contact step away from the crystalline silicon substrate and not in contact with the second passivation contact step; a second passivation antireflection step provided on a surface of the second passivation contact step away from the first passivation contact step; and the electrode including a side in contact with the first passivation contact step and another side penetrating through the second passivation contact step and the second passivation antireflection step. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A solar cell, comprising: a crystalline silicon substrate; a first passivation contact step provided on a surface of the crystalline silicon substrate; a second passivation contact step provided on a surface of the first passivation contact step away from the crystalline silicon substrate and located corresponding to an electrode; a first passivation antireflection step provided at regions on the surface of the first passivation contact step away from the crystalline silicon substrate and not in contact with the second passivation contact step; a second passivation antireflection step provided on a surface of the second passivation contact step away from the first passivation contact step; and the electrode including a side in direct contact with the first passivation contact step and another side penetrating through the second passivation contact step and the second passivation antireflection step. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the side of the electrode in direct contact with the first passivation contact step does not penetrate through the first passivation contact step. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the first passivation contact step comprises a first tunnel oxide layer and a first doped polysilicon layer, the first tunnel oxide layer is provided on the surface of the crystalline silicon substrate, and the first doped polysilicon layer is provided on a side of the first tunnel oxide layer away from the crystalline silicon substrate; the second passivation contact step comprises a second tunnel oxide layer and a second doped polysilicon layer, the second tunnel oxide layer is provided on a side of the first doped polysilicon layer away from the first tunnel oxide layer and located corresponding to the electrode; the second doped polysilicon layer is provided on a side of the second tunnel oxide layer away from the first doped polysilicon layer; and one side of the electrode is in direct contact with the first doped polysilicon layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein the first tunnel oxide layer comprises at least one of phosphorous-containing silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon oxynitride, or silicon oxycarbide, and a phosphorus concentration of the first tunnel oxide layer is not greater than 9×1020 cm−3. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein a thickness of the first tunnel oxide layer ranges from 0.5 nm to 10 nm. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein a phosphorus concentration after activation of the first doped polysilicon layer ranges from 9×1019 cm−3 to 1×1021 cm−3. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein a thickness of the first doped polysilicon layer ranges from 3 nm to 150 nm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein the second tunnel oxide layer comprises at least one of phosphorous-containing silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon oxynitride, or silicon oxycarbide, and a phosphorus concentration of the second tunnel oxide layer is not greater than 1×1021 cm−3. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein a thickness of the second tunnel oxide layer ranges from 0.1 nm to 5 nm, and the thickness of the second tunnel oxide layer is not greater than the first tunnel oxide layer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein a patterned width of the second tunnel oxide layer ranges from 0.5% to 20% of a patterned width of the first doped polysilicon layer, and the patterned width of the second tunnel oxide layer is not greater than 1000 μm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein a phosphorus concentration after activation of the second doped polysilicon layer ranges from 1×1020 cm−3 to 1×1021 cm−3. ### Claim 12 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein a thickness of the second doped polysilicon layer ranges from 5 nm to 300 nm, and the thickness of the second doped polysilicon layer is greater than the first doped polysilicon layer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein a patterned width of the second doped polysilicon layer is not greater than a patterned width of the second tunnel oxide layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the first passivation antireflection step comprises at least one passivation antireflection layer, and a thickness of the first passivation antireflection step ranges from 30 nm to 300 nm and is not less than a thickness of the second passivation contact step. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein a thickness of the second passivation antireflection step ranges from 30 nm to 500 nm. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein a patterned width of the second passivation antireflection step is not greater than 1000 μm and not less than a patterned width of the second passivation contact step. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein a distance from the side of the electrode in contact with the first passivation contact step to a surface of the second passivation antireflection step away from the second passivation contact step is not less than 40 nm. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein a patterned width of the electrode is not greater than 100 nm and not greater than a patterned width of the second passivation contact step. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the first passivation contact step, second passivation contact step, the first passivation antireflection step, the second passivation antireflection step and the electrode are arranged on both an upper surface and a lower surface of the crystalline silicon substrate, or wherein the first passivation contact step, second passivation contact step, the first passivation antireflection step, the second passivation antireflection step and the electrode are arranged on the lower surface of the crystalline silicon substrate, and the upper surface of the crystalline silicon substrate includes: a diffusion layer, an interface modification layer, a front passivation layer, a transition layer, a front passivation antireflection layer, and a front electrode. ### Claim 20 A photovoltaic module, comprising: a plurality of solar cells, wherein at least part of the solar cells is electrically connected in a splicing or laminating manner and packaged through a packaging material, and at least one of the solar cells includes: a crystalline silicon substrate; a first passivation contact step provided on a surface of the crystalline silicon substrate; a second passivation contact step provided on a surface of the first passivation contact step away from the crystalline silicon substrate and located corresponding to an electrode; a first passivation antireflection step provided at regions on the surface of the first passivation contact step away from the crystalline silicon substrate and not in contact with the second passivation contact step; a second passivation antireflection step provided on a surface of the second passivation contact step away from the first passivation contact step; and the electrode including a side in direct contact with the first passivation contact step and another side penetrating through the second passivation contact step and the second passivation antireflection step.