Stainless steel substrate for solar cell having superior insulating properties and low thermal expansion coefficient and method of producing the same

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PATENT NO 9837567
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14888860

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Provided is a stainless steel substrate for a solar cell, the stainless steel substrate including, by mass %, Cr: 9% to 25%, C: 0.03% or less, Mn: 2% or less, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.01% or less, N: 0.03% or less, Al: 0.005% to 5.0%, Si: 0.05% to 4.0%, and a remainder including Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which an oxide film containing (i) Al2O3 in an amount of 50% or more or containing (i) Al2O3 and (ii) SiO2 in a total amount of 50% or more is formed on a surface of stainless steel having a composition which contains Al: 0.5% or more and/or Si: 0.4% or more and satisfies the following expression (1).

description='In-line Formulae' end='lead'Cr+10Si+Mn+Al>24.5  (1)description='In-line Formulae' end='tail'

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NIPPON STEEL STAINLESS STEEL CORPORATION8-2 MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 1000005

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Hatano, Masaharu Hikari, JP 56 259
Hattori, Kenji Tokyo, JP 59 634
Ishimaru, Eiichiro Hikari, JP 32 112

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