# US 2025/0098366 A1 · Solar cell and photovoltaic module

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- Number: US 2025/0098366 A1
- Document ID: US20250098366A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/397,650
- Filed: 2023-12-27
- Published: 2025-03-20
- Earliest claimed: 2023-09-19
- Assignees: Jinko Solar (Haining) Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Jinko Solar (Haining) Co., Ltd.; Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Wusong TAO; Luchuang WANG; Niannian QIN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250098366A1

## CPC

- H10F 77/937: {Busbar structures for modules}
- H10W 46/00: Marks applied to devices, e.g. for alignment or identification
- H10F 77/00: Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass (constructional details of integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element in which radiation controls the flow of current H10F39/00)
- H10F 77/219: {Arrangements for electrodes of back-contact photovoltaic cells}
- H10W 46/101: {characterised by the type of information, e.g. logos or symbols}
- H10W 46/401: {for identification or tracking}
- H10W 46/607: {Located on parts of packages, e.g. on encapsulations or on package substrates}
- Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries
- H10F: INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
- H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A solar cell and a photovoltaic module are disclosed. The photovoltaic module includes a substrate, busbars, and at least one marker. The busbars are arranged on a same side of the substrate, and include at least a first busbar and a second busbar, the first busbar and the second busbar have opposite polarities, the first busbar has a first pad, the second busbar has a second pad, the first pad and the second pad are arranged sequentially along a straight line parallel to an arrangement direction of the busbars, and a distance from a marker to the first pad is different from a distance from a same marker to the second pad.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A solar cell, comprising:
a substrate;
busbars arranged on a same side of the substrate; and
at least one marker arranged on the substrate and/or the busbars;
wherein the busbars comprise at least a first busbar and a second busbar, the first busbar and the second busbar have opposite polarities;
wherein the first busbar has at least one first pad, the second busbar has at least one second pad, the at least one first pad and the at least one second pad are arranged sequentially along a straight line parallel to an arrangement direction of the busbars, and a distance from a marker of the at least one marker to a corresponding first pad of the at least one first pad is different from a distance from a same marker to a corresponding second pad of the at least one second pad;
wherein an odd number of busbars are provided, and along the arrangement direction of the busbars, adjacent busbars have opposite polarities;
wherein the first busbar is adjacent to the second busbar, and along the arrangement direction of the busbars, the at least one marker is located between the first busbar and the second busbar;
wherein a distance from one of the at least one marker to the first busbar is represented as a, a distance from a same marker to the second busbar is represented as b, where a≠b; and
wherein the distance a from the marker to the first busbar satisfies 9 mm≤a≤18 mm, and the distance b from the marker to the second busbar satisfies 9 mm≤b≤18 mm, and/or
a distance difference |a−b| between the distance a from the marker to the first busbar and the distance b from the marker to the second busbar satisfies 1 mm≤|a−b|≤9 mm.

### Claim 2

(canceled)

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the at least one marker comprises at least two markers.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The solar cell according to claim 3, wherein the at least two markers are arranged on the busbars.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The solar cell according to claim 4, wherein,
along the arrangement direction of the busbars, two outermost busbars are two first busbars, the busbar adjacent to each of the two first busbars is the second busbar, and the at least two markers comprise a first marker and a second marker;
wherein the first marker is arranged on one of the two first busbars, the second marker is arranged on the second busbar adjacent to the other one of the two first busbars, and a distance between the first marker and a corresponding first pad of the at least one first pad is different from a distance between the second marker to a corresponding second pad of the at least one second pad.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The solar cell according to claim 4, wherein
the at least two markers comprise a first marker and a second marker, wherein the first marker is arranged on the first busbar, and the second marker is arranged on the second busbar; and
the first marker and the second marker have different shapes.

### Claim at position 7

7-9. (canceled)

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the distance difference |a−b| between the distance a from the marker to the first busbar and the distance b from the marker to the second busbar satisfies 5 mm≤|a−b|≤9 mm.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the at least one marker comprises a first marker and a second marker;
wherein the first marker is located on a side of the second marker close to the first busbar, and the second marker is located on a side of the first marker close to the second busbar; and
the first marker and the second marker have different shapes.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein
a distance m from a marker of the at least one marker to a corresponding first pad of the at least one first pad satisfies 9 mm≤m≤18 mm, a distance n from the at least one marker to a corresponding second pad of the at least one second pad satisfies 9 mm≤n≤18 mm, and/or
wherein a distance difference |m−n| between the distance m from a marker of the at least one marker to a corresponding first pad of at least one the first pad and the distance n from the marker to a corresponding second pad of the at least one second pad satisfies 1 mm≤|m−n|≤9 mm.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The solar cell according to claim 12, wherein the distance difference |m−n| between the distance m from the marker to the first pad and the distance n from the marker to the second pad satisfies 5 mm≤|m−n|≤9 mm.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The solar cell according to claim 13, the at least one marker is not collinear with the first pad and the second pad.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein an area of a single marker of the at least one marker ranges from 0.3 mm2 to 4 mm2.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The solar cell according to claim 15, wherein an area of a single marker of the at least one marker ranges from 0.6 mm2 to 3.9 mm2.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the at least one marker is in a shape of at least one of a circle, a rectangle, and a triangle.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The solar cell according to claim 1, wherein the at least one marker is made of silver paste.

### Claim 19

A photovoltaic module, comprising a solar cell, wherein the solar cell comprises a substrate, busbars, and at least one marker, the busbars are arranged on a same side of the substrate, and the at least one marker is arranged on the substrate and/or the busbars;
wherein the busbars comprise at least a first busbar and a second busbar, the first busbar and the second busbar have opposite polarities;
wherein the first busbar has at least one first pad, the second busbar has at least one second pad, the at least one first pad and the at least one second pad are arranged sequentially along a straight line parallel to an arrangement direction of the busbars, and a distance from a marker of the at least one marker to corresponding first pad of the at least one first pad is different from a distance from a same marker to a corresponding second pad of the at least one second pad;
wherein an odd number of busbars are provided, and along the arrangement direction of the busbars, adjacent busbars have opposite polarities;
wherein the first busbar is adjacent to the second busbar, and along the arrangement direction of the busbars, the at least one marker is located between the first busbar and the second busbar;
wherein a distance from one of the at least one marker to the first busbar is represented as a, a distance from a same marker to the second busbar is represented as b, where a≠b; and
wherein the distance a from the marker to the first busbar satisfies 9 mm≤a≤18 mm, and the distance b from the marker to the second busbar satisfies 9 mm≤b≤18 mm, and/or
a distance difference |a−b| between the distance a from the marker to the first busbar and the distance b from the marker to the second busbar satisfies 1 mm≤|a−b|≤9 mm.

### Claim 20

(canceled)