Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Seong Won Kwon

Koeng Su Lim

Sang Il Park

Yoo Jin Lee

Sang Hwan Kim

Jin Koog Shin

Ji Hwan Yang

Joong Hwan Kwak

Jun-Bo Yoon

Gun-Woo Moon

Jeong Hwan Kwak

Provided is a method of manufacturing a see-through-type integrated solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same. The method comprises forming a first conductive material being apart and strip patterned on a transparent substrate so that the first conductive material comprises a predetermined space for enabling light to directly pass through the transparent substrate, forming a solar cell (semiconductor) layer, obliquely depositing a second conductive material and etching the solar cell layer using the second conductive material layer as a mask.

See-through-type integrated thin-film solar cell, method of manufacturing the same and method of electrically series connecting unit cells thereof

Provided are an integrated thin-film solar cell and a method of manufacturing the same. The method comprises forming and patterning a conductive material to be adjacently spaced a predetermined distance apart from each other on a substrate; forming a solar cell (semiconductor) layer on the resultant substrate; obliquely depositing a first transparent conductive material on the solar cell layer; etching the solar cell layer using the first transparent conductive material as a mask; and obliquely depositing a second transparent conductive material on the resultant substrate, and electrically connecting the conductive material with the first transparent conductive material.

Integrated thin-film solar cell and method of manufacturing the same

The present invention relates to integrated thin film solar cells, and more particularly, to integrated thin film solar cells, which minimize the loss of integrated solar cells caused at the time of a manufacturing process and become available at a low cost process, and a method of manufacturing thereof, a processing method of a transparent electrode for integrated thin film solar cells, which widens an effective area and reduces manufacturing costs by minimizing a (insulating) gap between unit cells of the integrated thin film solar cells, and a structure thereof, and a transparent substrate having the transparent electrode. The method of manufacturing integrated thin film solar cells, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a transparent electrode pattern separately over a transparent substrate; (b) forming a solar cell (semiconductor) layer over the substrate of the step (a); (c) forming a first back electrode by obliquely depositing a conductive material over the solar cell (semiconductor) layer; (d) etching the solar cell (semiconductor) layer by using the first back electrode as a mask; and (e) forming a second back electrode so that the transparent electrode and the first back electrode are electrically connected by obliquely depositing a metal over the substrate of the step (d).

Integrated thin-film solar cells and method of manufacturing thereof and processing method of transparent electrode for integrated thin-film solar cells and structure thereof, and transparent substrate having processed transparent electrode

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