An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally and each having a size less than or equal to a diffraction limit. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a sensing layer including two or more photodiodes, and a surrounding material filling an area around the first, second, and third photodiodes. The two or more photodiodes include first, second, and third photodiodes that selectively absorb lights in red, green, and blue wavelength bands, respectively. An anti-reflection layer (ARL) is located on a surface of the sensing layer. The ARL lowers reflectance of light incident on the sensing layer.

A conductive paste composition, a preparation method and a use thereof, as well as a crystalline silicon solar cell are disclosed. The conductive paste composition contains a silver powder and an aluminum powder, and contains a lead-boron-selenium glass frit or a bismuth-boron-selenium glass frit. The conductive paste composition can perform effective etching of a passivation film of an n-type crystalline silicon solar cell during a high temperature firing, and also does not over-oxidize the aluminum powder contained therein, thereby forming an electrode having decent electrical contact with a p-type doped emitter.

The disclosure discloses a solar cell and a preparation method for a solar cell. The preparation method for a solar cell comprises: sequentially forming a tunnel silicon oxide layer, an N-type doped polysilicon layer, and a front metal layer in an entire fashion on a front surface of a P-type silicon substrate; subjecting the entire front metal layer to a photoetching process to form a patterned front fine gate electrode; subjecting the tunnel silicon oxide layer and the N-type doped polysilicon layer in a region not covered by the front fine gate electrode to chemical etching to form a local tunnel silicon oxide layer and a local N-type doped polysilicon layer, wherein the widths of the local tunnel silicon oxide layer and the local N-type doped polysilicon layer are the same as the width of the front fine gate electrode. The preparation method may achieve an automatic and precise alignment of the front fine gate electrode with a local tunnel oxide passivated layer and a local polysilicon layer, thereby effectively reducing a difficulty in a preparation process of a local passivated contact emitter while ensuring the efficiency of the solar cell.

Methods of fabricating conductive contacts for polycrystalline silicon features of solar cells, and the resulting solar cells, are described. In an example, a method of fabricating a solar cell includes providing a substrate having a polycrystalline silicon feature. The method also includes forming a conductive paste directly on the polycrystalline silicon feature. The method also includes firing the conductive paste at a temperature above approximately 700 degrees Celsius to form a conductive contact for the polycrystalline silicon feature. The method also includes, subsequent to firing the conductive paste, forming an anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer on the polycrystalline silicon feature and the conductive contact. The method also includes forming a conductive structure in an opening through the ARC layer and electrically contacting the conductive contact.

The present application relates to a back-contact solar cell, a preparation method thereof, and a photovoltaic module. The back-contact solar cell includes a substrate, a first emitter structure disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second emitter structure disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The doping type of the first emitter structure is opposite to the doping type of the second emitter structure. The first emitter structure and the second emitter structure are alternately disposed and spaced apart from each other in a first preset direction. An insulative isolating groove is defined between the first emitter structure and the second emitter structure that are adjacent to each other. The back-contact solar cell further includes a marking structure disposed in the insulative isolating groove and spaced apart from both the first emitter structure and the second emitter structure.

The present disclosure discloses a preparation method for a solar cell and a solar cell. The preparation method for a solar cell comprises: locally forming a tunnel silicon oxide layer and an N-type doped polysilicon layer on a front surface of a P-type silicon substrate, wherein the N-type doped polysilicon layer is stacked on the tunnel silicon oxide layer; immersing the P-type silicon substrate having the tunnel silicon oxide layer and the N-type doped polysilicon layer locally formed on the front surface into an electroplating solution, irradiating the front surface of the P-type silicon substrate with light for a set duration so as to grow a front metal electrode on the N-type doped polysilicon layer, and removing a metal remaining on the front surface of the P-type silicon substrate by etching, wherein the width of the front metal electrode is the same as the width of the N-type doped polysilicon layer. The preparation method may omit an alignment operation in a metal electrode preparation process, thereby effectively reducing a difficulty in a preparation process of a local passivated contact emitter.

A solar cell and a manufacturing method thereof, and a photovoltaic system. The solar cell includes: a substrate layer including a first surface and a second surface arranged oppositely along a thickness direction thereof; a tunnel oxide layer, a first doped polysilicon layer, and a first passivation layer sequentially arranged on the first surface of the substrate layer in a direction gradually away from the substrate layer; and a first finger electrode layer, at least one of the first fingers being arranged in first connection holes, bottoms of the first connection holes being located in the first doped polysilicon layer, and the first fingers passing through the first connection holes corresponding thereto to be electrically connected to the first doped polysilicon layer; and in the first direction, widths of the first connection holes being all less than widths of the first fingers corresponding to the first connection holes. While ensuring good electrical connection, the solar cell causes less damage and recombination to a passivation structure of the solar cell, and has high photoelectric conversion efficiency.

An ultrathin silicon oxynitride interface material, a tunnel oxide passivated structure and preparation methods and applications thereof are provided. The ultrathin silicon oxynitride interface material is an SiON film with a thickness of 1 nm to 4 nm, and the percentage content of N atoms is 1% to 40%. Compared with silicon oxide, the diffusion rate of boron in the SiON film of the present disclosure is low, which effectively reduces the damaging effect of boron, improves the integrity of the SiON film and maintains the chemical passivation effect. The SiON film with high nitrogen concentration can noticeably lower the concentration of boron on the silicon surface so as to lessen the boron-induced defects. Furthermore, the SiON film has an energy band structure approximate to silicon nitride, which increases the hole transport efficiency and hole selectivity, and further improves the passivation quality and reduces the contact resistivity.

The present disclosure is applicable to the technical field of solar cells, and provides a passivated contact structure, a solar cell, a module, and a system. The passivated contact structure of a solar cell includes: a silicon substrate; and a first silicon oxide layer, a doped layer, a second silicon dioxide layer and a passivation layer, which are sequentially disposed on the silicon substrate, wherein a local region of the first silicon oxide layer includes a thinned region, and the proportion of a silicon oxide content in the first silicon oxide layer is reduced in the thinned region. Thus, the thinning of the local region of the first silicon oxide layer allows H to quickly pass through, so that a H passivation effect can be effectively improved, and the heat treatment control difficulty is reduced.

The disclosure discloses a solar cell and a preparation method for a solar cell. The preparation method for a solar cell comprises: sequentially forming a tunnel silicon oxide layer, an N-type doped polysilicon layer, and a front metal layer in an entire fashion on a front surface of a P-type silicon substrate; subjecting the entire front metal layer to a photoetching process to form a patterned front fine gate electrode; subjecting the tunnel silicon oxide layer and the N-type doped polysilicon layer in a region not covered by the front fine gate electrode to chemical etching to form a local tunnel silicon oxide layer and a local N-type doped polysilicon layer, wherein the widths of the local tunnel silicon oxide layer and the local N-type doped polysilicon layer are the same as the width of the front fine gate electrode. The preparation method may achieve an automatic and precise alignment of the front fine gate electrode with a local tunnel oxide passivated layer and a local polysilicon layer, thereby effectively reducing a difficulty in a preparation process of a local passivated contact emitter while ensuring the efficiency of the solar cell.