Lg Electronics Inc.

Korea University Research and Business Foundation

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.

Younghyun Lee

Sangwook Park

Junyong Ahn

Jinhyung Lee

Kisu Kim

Seunghwan Shim

Yuju Hwang

Sungjin Kim

Jonghwan Kim

Seongeun Lee

Ilhyoung Jung

Yoonsil Jin

Minho Choi

Jeongbeom Nam

Juhwan Yun

Jinah Kim

Eunae Yoon

Jungmin Ha

Heejin Nam

Jinho Kim

Sunghyun Hwang

Hanseok Ko

Taeyup Song

Hanjun Kim

Eunhye Youn

Kwangyoun Kim

Bonhwa Ku

A solar cell includes a first conductive type substrate; an emitter layer of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, the emitter layer and the substrate forming a p-n junction; an anti-reflection layer positioned on the emitter layer; a plurality of first electrodes passing through the anti-reflection layer and being electrically connected to the emitter layer, at least one of the plurality of first electrodes including: a first electrode layer and a plurality of first electrode auxiliaries separated from the first electrode layer and positioned around the first electrode layer; and a second electrode layer positioned on the first electrode layer and on the plurality of first electrode auxiliaries; and a second electrode electrically connected to the substrate.

Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same

A solar cell includes a substrate formed of n-type single crystal silicon, an emitter region of a p-type which is positioned at a first surface of the substrate and includes a first emitter region having a first sheet resistance and a second emitter region having a second sheet resistance less than the first sheet resistance, a plurality of surface field regions of the n-type locally positioned at a second surface opposite the first surface of the substrate, a plurality of first electrodes which are positioned only on the second emitter region to be separated from one another and are connected to the second emitter region, and a plurality of second electrodes which are positioned on the plurality of surface field regions to be separated from one another and are connected to the plurality of surface field regions.

A solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type, an emitter region having a second conductive type different from the first conductive type and positioned at a first surface of the semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor region positioned directly on a second surface opposite the first surface of the semiconductor substrate, forming a charge accumulation layer on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate, and containing impurities of the first conductive type, a first electrode positioned on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and coupled to the emitter region, and a second electrode positioned on the second surface of the semiconductor substrate and coupled to the semiconductor substrate.

Solar cell

A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells comprising a first solar cell and a second solar cell adjacent to each other; a conductive ribbon, wherein each of the plurality of solar cells comprises: a substrate; an emitter layer of positioned on the substrate; a plurality of finger electrodes formed in a first direction, each finger electrode being electrically connected to the emitter layer; and at least one first collector formed in a second direction crossing the first direction, the at least one first collector being electrically connected to the plurality of finger electrodes, wherein the conductive ribbon is attached to the at least one first collector in the second direction by a conductive adhesive, and wherein the conductive ribbon is attached on a collector region where the at least one first collector is formed and a deletion where the at least one first collector is not formed.

Solar cell and method for manufacturing the same, and solar cell module

A solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The solar cell includes a first conductive type substrate, an emitter layer of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, the emitter layer and the substrate forming a p-n junction, a plurality of first electrodes electrically connected to the emitter layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the substrate. At least one of the plurality of first electrodes includes a first electrode layer, a plurality of first electrode auxiliaries separated from the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer positioned on an upper surface and a lateral surface of the first electrode layer and on an upper surface and a lateral surface of each of the plurality of first electrode auxiliaries.

A solar cell according to an embodiment of the invention includes a substrate of a first conductive type, an emitter region of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, which is positioned at the substrate, an anti-reflection layer including a first opening exposing the emitter region and a plurality of second openings which expose the emitter region and are separated from one another, a first electrode which is positioned on a first portion of the emitter region exposed through the first opening and is connected to the first portion, a first bus bar which is positioned on a second portion of the emitter region exposed through the plurality of second openings and is connected to the second portion and the first electrode, and a second electrode which is positioned on the substrate and is connected to the substrate.

A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes: forming a dopant layer by doping a dopant to a semiconductor substrate; and forming an electrode electrically connected to the dopant layer. The forming of the electrode includes forming a metal layer on the dopant layer; and heat-treating the metal layer to form a first layer and a second layer. In the heat-treating of the metal layer, a portion of the metal layer adjacent to the semiconductor substrate forms the first layer including a compound formed by a reaction of the metal layer and the semiconductor substrate, and a remaining portion of the metal layer forms the second layer that covers the first layer.

A solar cell can include a substrate of a first conductive type; an emitter layer of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type, and positioned on the substrate; a plurality of finger electrodes formed in a first direction, each finger electrode being electrically connected to the emitter layer; a plurality of first collector regions; a plurality of first electrodes positioned in a plurality of first collector regions and extending in the first direction from the plurality of finger electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes positioned in the plurality of first collector regions and formed in a perpendicular direction crossing the first direction; a plurality of third electrodes positioned in the plurality of first collector regions, connecting two neighboring first electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes and formed in the perpendicular direction; and a plurality of deletions positioned in the plurality of first collector regions. Furthermore, one of the plurality of second electrodes is positioned between a pair of the plurality of first electrodes.

A surveillance system and method are provided. The surveillance system includes an audio processing device which extracts an audio feature of an audio signal, and determines whether an abnormal event has occurred in a monitoring region, based on the audio feature; a video processing device which extracts a foreground region from a video signal, and determines whether an abnormal event has occurred in the monitoring region, based on motion information of the foreground region; and a context awareness device which calculates an audio abnormal probability and a video abnormal probability by respectively accumulating results of abnormal event occurrence/non-occurrence determinations performed on audio signals and results of abnormal event occurrence/non-occurrence determinations performed on video signals for a certain period of time, and finally determines whether an abnormal situation has occurred in the monitoring region, by using respective combined probability distribution models for a normal situation and the abnormal situation.

Indoor surveillance system and indoor surveillance method

A solar cell includes a substrate, an emitter region which is positioned at the substrate and having a first sheet resistance, a first highly doped region which is positioned at the substrate and having a second sheet resistance less than the first sheet resistance, a first electrode positioned at the substrate and connected to the emitter region and the first highly doped region, and a second electrode positioned at the substrate and connected to the substrate, wherein the first highly doped region crosses the first electrode and is connected to the first electrode, an upper surface of the first highly doped region is projected from an upper surface of the emitter region toward a light incident surface of the substrate, and a lower surface of the first highly doped region has the same height as a lower surface of the emitter region.

A solar cell includes a substrate, a selective emitter region which is positioned at the substrate and includes a lightly doped region and a heavily doped region, a first dielectric layer which is positioned on the selective emitter region and includes a plurality of first openings, which are separated from one another, and a plurality of second openings positioned around the plurality of first openings, a first electrode connected to the selective emitter region through the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings, and a second electrode which is positioned on the substrate and is connected to the substrate. The plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings each have a different plane shape. The plane shape of the first opening has a line shape, and the plane shape of the second opening has a dot shape.

A charge transferor of a solar cell, which collects and transfer charges generated from a semiconductor substrate, includes at least one electrode collecting the charges; and at least one collector transferring the charges collected by the at least one electrode, the at least one collector being included in at least one collector region on the substrate, wherein the at least one collector region in a first direction comprises at least one deletion portion where the at least one collector is not formed.

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Younghyun Lee