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Patent No.:

US 9293624 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2013

Methods for electroless plating of a solar cell metallization layer

Applicant:

Sunpower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Cudzinovic, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Joseph Behnke, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

SunPower Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:

Blakely Sokoloff Taylor Zafman LLP

Primary Examiner:

Caleb Henry

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/068 (2012.01); C25D 5/10 (2006.01); C23C 18/16 (2006.01); C25D 7/12 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/0745 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0682 (2013.01); C23C 18/1653 (2013.01); C25D 5/10 (2013.01); C25D 7/126 (2013.01); H01L 31/022425 (2013.01); H01L 31/0745 (2013.01); Y02E 10/547 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for forming a contact region for a solar cell is disclosed. The method includes depositing a paste composed of a first metal above a substrate of the solar cell, curing the paste to form a first metal layer, electrolessly plating a second metal layer on the first metal layer and electrolytically plating a third metal layer on the second metal layer, where the second metal layer electrically couples the first metal layer to the third metal layer. The method can further include electrolytically plating a fourth metal layer on the third metal layer.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Cudzinovic, Michael. (2016). Methods for electroless plating of a solar cell metallization layer (U.S. Patent No. 9293624). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9293624

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