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US 2014/0004652 A1Published application
Method of fabricating solar cell
AssigneeAu Optronics Corporation
InventorsMing-Jeng Huang, Wen-Chin Lo, Chin-Tien Yang
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Abstract
A method of fabricating solar cell uses simplified processes to form a lightly-doped region having a textured surface and a heavily-doped region having a flat surface. A flat interface is formed between the heavily-doped region and an electrode, which has a relative lower contact resistance.
Claims15
A method of fabricating a solar cell, comprising:
- providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
- performing a diffusion process to diffuse a dopant into the substrate to form a first doped region adjacent to the first surface, wherein the first doped region has a first doped type;
- forming a patterned mask layer on the first doped region, wherein the patterned mask layer shields a portion of the first doped region and exposes the other portion of the first doped region;
- partially removing the portion of the first doped region exposed by the patterned mask layer and a portion of the dopant in the first doped region exposed by the patterned mask layer to make the exposed portion of the first doped region as a lightly-doped region, wherein the lightly-doped region has a textured surface;
- removing the patterned mask layer to expose the other portion of the first doped region, wherein the other portion of the first doped region is a heavily-doped region and has a flat surface;
- forming a second doped region in the substrate adjacent to the second surface, wherein the second doped region has a second doped type opposite to the first doped type;
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- forming a first electrode on the heavily-doped region in the first surface of the substrate.
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