Lg Electronics Inc.

Shangrao Jinko Solar Technology Development Co., Ltd

Shangrao Xinyuan Yuedong Technology Development Co. Ltd.

Jingao Solar Co., Ltd.

Eunjoo Lee

Jungyeon Hwang

Kyukwan Choi

Jiyoung Park

Boram Lee

Mihee Heo

Indo Chung

Juhong Yang

Hangbok Lee

Jeongbeom Nam

Taeyoon Kim

Ilhyoung Jung

Jongkyoung Hong

Taeki Woo

Seiyoung Mun

Jemin Yu

Youngho Choe

Woonkyu Seo

Hanjin Jung

Jinwon Kang

Woon Kyu Seo

Jung Yeon Hwang

Hyokku Kwon

Hyosung Kim

Junghyun Lee

Myungdong You

HyunJung Kim

Han Jin Jung

Jin Won Kang

Myung Dong You

Doohwan Yang

Disclosed is a solar cell. The solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate, conductivity-type regions located in or on the semiconductor substrate, electrodes conductively connected to the conductivity-type regions, and insulating films located on at least one of opposite surfaces of the semiconductor substrate, and including a first film and a second film located on the first film, the second film has a higher carbon content than that of the first film, a refractive index of the second film is equal to or less than a refractive index of the first film, and an extinction coefficient of the second film is equal to or greater than an extinction coefficient of the first film.

Solar cell

A solar cell includes a substrate of a first conductive type, a first doped region positioned at a first surface of the substrate and contains impurities of a second conductive type different from the first conductive type, and a first electrode part electrically connected to the first doped region. The first electrode part includes a thermosetting resin, and first and second conductive particles distributed in the thermosetting resin. The second conductive particles have a work function greater than the first conductive particles and form silicide at an interface contacting the first doped region.

Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same

Disclosed is a solar cell including a semiconductor substrate, a conductive area including a first conductive area and a second conductive area formed on one surface of the semiconductor substrate, a passivation film formed on the conductive area, the passivation film having a contact hole, a protective film formed on the conductive area inside the contact hole, the protective film being formed on at least one of at least a portion of an inner side surface of the contact hole and the passivation film, and an electrode electrically connected to the conductive area through the contact hole with the protective film interposed therebetween.

Solar cell and method of manufacturing the same

A refrigerator includes a main body having a storage chamber, a door opening or closing the storage chamber, and a dispenser provided at the door. The dispenser includes a dispenser housing that is recessed backward into the door to define a container accommodation space. A control panel unit includes a display part and a dispensing mode selection part. An image corresponding to the dispensing mode selected through the dispensing mode selection part is displayed on the display part as a moving picture by a control from a controller.

Refrigerator

Disclosed is a solar cell including a semiconductor substrate, a protective-film layer on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a polycrystalline semiconductor layer over the protective-film layer, a first conductive area formed by selectively doping the semiconductor layer with a first conductive dopant, a second conductive area doped with a second conductive dopant and located between neighboring portions of the first conductive area, an undoped barrier area located between the first conductive area and the second conductive area, a first electrode connected to the first conductive area, and a second electrode connected to the second conductive area. Each of the first conductive area and the second conductive area includes a second crystalline area having a crystalline structure different from that of the barrier area, and the second crystalline areas of the first and second conductive areas include a second polycrystalline area and a fourth crystalline area having different depths.

A solar cell can include a semiconductor substrate; a tunneling layer formed over the semiconductor substrate; a conductive area located over the tunneling layer, the conductive area including a first conductive area of a first conductive type and a second conductive area of a second conductive type; and an electrode including a first electrode connected to the first conductive area and a second electrode connected to the second conductive area, wherein a mark is located in at least one of the first conductive area and the second conductive area, and has a different shape from that of a crystal plane of the semiconductor substrate and the conductive area, and wherein the mark is formed along a longitudinally extending edge of at least one of the first conductive area and the second conductive area.

A solar cell can include a photoelectric conversion unit including a semiconductor substrate, a tunneling layer disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a first conductive type region and a second conductive type region disposed on the tunneling layer at a same side of the semiconductor substrate, and a barrier region disposed between the first and second conductive type regions; and an electrode disposed on the photoelectric conversion unit and including an adhesive layer disposed on the first and second conductive type regions, and an electrode layer disposed on the adhesive layer, in which the adhesive layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is greater than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the photoelectric conversion unit and is less than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the electrode layer.

A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment that is positioned vertically below the first storage compartment, a first mullion that partitions the first storage compartment from the second storage compartment, an access cover configured to open or close the access hole, a reception drawer configured to be received into the second storage compartment and including a reception door configured to open and close the second storage compartment and a reception box provided in a rear surface of the reception door, and a cover member configured to cover at least a portion of a top surface of the reception box. The first mullion defines an access hole that allows fluid communication between the first storage compartment and the second storage compartment.

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a solar cell, the method including forming a tunneling layer over one surface of a semiconductor substrate, forming a semiconductor layer over the tunneling layer, forming a conductive area including a first conductive area of a first conductive type and a second conductive area of a second conductive type in the semiconductor layer, and forming an electrode including a first electrode connected to the first conductive area and a second electrode connected to the second conductive area. The forming of the conductive area includes forming a mask layer over the semiconductor layer, forming a doping opening corresponding to at least one of the first conductive area and the second conductive area in the mask layer using a laser, and performing doping using the doping opening.

Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a solar cell, the method including: forming a semiconductor layer on one surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a mask layer including a first layer and a second layer sequentially on the semiconductor layer; texturing another surface of the semiconductor substrate using the mask layer as a mask; forming a patterned mask layer by forming an opening at the mask layer through a laser patterning using a laser; and forming a conductive region through a doping process of doping a portion of the semiconductor layer exposed through the opening with a dopant.

Method for manufacturing solar cell

A solar cell is discussed. The solar cell according to an embodiment includes a photoelectric conversion unit including a first conductive type region and a second conductive type region formed on the same side of the photoelectric conversion unit; and an electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion unit and including an adhesive layer formed on the photoelectric conversion unit and an electrode layer formed on the adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is greater than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the photoelectric conversion unit and is less than a coefficient of thermal expansion of the electrode layer.

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Seoul, South Korea

Eunjoo Lee