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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/05 (2014.01); H01L 31/0465 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022433 (2013.01); H01L 31/0201 (2013.01); H01L 31/0465 (2014.12); H01L 31/0504 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
To improve the yield of a solar cell in its production process, a solar cell includes a semiconductor substrate including a first main surface and a second main surface corresponding to the backside of the first main surface, a busbar electrode on a line extending in a first direction on the second main surface, and end-portion electrodes each being an extension of the busbar electrode on the second main surface and separated from the busbar electrode, and each of the end-portion electrodes having a larger thickness than that of the busbar electrode.