AU534829B2

AU534829B2 – Photovoltaic cell
– Google Patents

AU534829B2 – Photovoltaic cell
– Google Patents
Photovoltaic cell

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Publication number
AU534829B2

AU534829B2
AU59398/80A
AU5939880A
AU534829B2
AU 534829 B2
AU534829 B2
AU 534829B2
AU 59398/80 A
AU59398/80 A
AU 59398/80A
AU 5939880 A
AU5939880 A
AU 5939880A
AU 534829 B2
AU534829 B2
AU 534829B2
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
photovoltaic cell
photovoltaic
cell
Prior art date
1979-06-18
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)

Ceased

Application number
AU59398/80A
Other versions

AU5939880A
(en

Inventor
Jacob F. Betz
Mitchell E. Doty
Gabor F. Fulop
Peter V. Meyers
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Ametek Inc

Original Assignee
Ametek Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
1979-06-18
Filing date
1980-06-18
Publication date
1984-02-16

1980-06-18
Application filed by Ametek Inc
filed
Critical
Ametek Inc

1981-01-08
Publication of AU5939880A
publication
Critical
patent/AU5939880A/en

1984-02-16
Application granted
granted
Critical

1984-02-16
Publication of AU534829B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU534829B2/en

2000-06-18
Anticipated expiration
legal-status
Critical

Status
Ceased
legal-status
Critical
Current

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Classifications

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof

H01L31/1828—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof the active layers comprising only AIIBVI compounds, e.g. CdS, ZnS, CdTe

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof

H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof

H01L21/02104—Forming layers

H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate

H01L21/02367—Substrates

H01L21/0237—Materials

H01L21/02425—Conductive materials, e.g. metallic silicides

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof

H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof

H01L21/02104—Forming layers

H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate

H01L21/02436—Intermediate layers between substrates and deposited layers

H01L21/02439—Materials

H01L21/02491—Conductive materials

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof

H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof

H01L21/02104—Forming layers

H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate

H01L21/02518—Deposited layers

H01L21/02521—Materials

H01L21/02551—Group 12/16 materials

H01L21/02562—Tellurides

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L21/00—Processes or apparatus adapted for the manufacture or treatment of semiconductor or solid state devices or of parts thereof

H01L21/02—Manufacture or treatment of semiconductor devices or of parts thereof

H01L21/02104—Forming layers

H01L21/02365—Forming inorganic semiconducting materials on a substrate

H01L21/02612—Formation types

H01L21/02617—Deposition types

H01L21/02623—Liquid deposition

H01L21/02628—Liquid deposition using solutions

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/04—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices

H01L31/06—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier

H01L31/07—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the Schottky type

H—ELECTRICITY

H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10

H01L31/00—Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof

H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof

H01L31/186—Particular post-treatment for the devices, e.g. annealing, impurity gettering, short-circuit elimination, recrystallisation

H01L31/1864—Annealing

Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources

Y02E10/50—Photovoltaic [PV] energy

Y02E10/543—Solar cells from Group II-VI materials

Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

Y02P70/00—Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products

Y02P70/50—Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

AU59398/80A
1979-06-18
1980-06-18
Photovoltaic cell

Ceased

AU534829B2
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US049728

1979-06-18

US06/049,728

US4260427A
(en)

1979-06-18
1979-06-18
CdTe Schottky barrier photovoltaic cell

Related Child Applications (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU21568/83A
Division

AU549483B2
(en)

1979-06-18
1983-11-21
Making a photovoltaic cell of cdte

Publications (2)

Publication Number
Publication Date

AU5939880A

AU5939880A
(en)

1981-01-08

AU534829B2
true

AU534829B2
(en)

1984-02-16

Family
ID=21961377
Family Applications (2)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU59398/80A
Ceased

AU534829B2
(en)

1979-06-18
1980-06-18
Photovoltaic cell

AU21568/83A
Ceased

AU549483B2
(en)

1979-06-18
1983-11-21
Making a photovoltaic cell of cdte

Family Applications After (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU21568/83A
Ceased

AU549483B2
(en)

1979-06-18
1983-11-21
Making a photovoltaic cell of cdte

Country Status (9)

Country
Link

US
(1)

US4260427A
(en)

EP
(1)

EP0021774B1
(en)

JP
(1)

JPS5649579A
(en)

AU
(2)

AU534829B2
(en)

DE
(1)

DE3063300D1
(en)

ES
(1)

ES492504A0
(en)

IL
(1)

IL60250A
(en)

MX
(1)

MX152808A
(en)

ZA
(1)

ZA803427B
(en)

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(en)

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1979-06-18
1982-08-17
Ametek, Inc.
Cadmium telluride photovoltaic cells

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(en)

*

1980-07-25
1982-03-09
Eastman Kodak Company
Semiconductor devices having improved low-resistance contacts to p-type CdTe, and method of preparation

US4388483A
(en)

*

1981-09-08
1983-06-14
Monosolar, Inc.
Thin film heterojunction photovoltaic cells and methods of making the same

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(en)

*

1981-11-16
1983-03-08
Tdc Technology Development Corporation
Baths for electrodeposition of metal chalconide films

US4465565A
(en)

*

1983-03-28
1984-08-14
Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation
CdTe passivation of HgCdTe by electrochemical deposition

US4909857A
(en)

*

1986-05-06
1990-03-20
Standard Oil Company
Electrodeposited doped II-VI semiconductor films and devices incorporating such films

US4816120A
(en)

*

1986-05-06
1989-03-28
The Standard Oil Company
Electrodeposited doped II-VI semiconductor films and devices incorporating such films

US4689247A
(en)

*

1986-05-15
1987-08-25
Ametek, Inc.
Process and apparatus for forming thin films

US4873198A
(en)

*

1986-10-21
1989-10-10
Ametek, Inc.
Method of making photovoltaic cell with chloride dip

JPH01111380A
(en)

*

1987-10-23
1989-04-28
Sumitomo Metal Ind Ltd
Photovoltaic device and its manufacture

JPH01189969A
(en)

*

1988-01-26
1989-07-31
Sumitomo Metal Ind Ltd
Photovoltaic element and manufacture thereof

JPH01293577A
(en)

*

1988-05-20
1989-11-27
Sumitomo Metal Ind Ltd
Manufacture of photoelectromotive force element

WO1992012278A1
(en)

*

1991-01-11
1992-07-23
University Of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc.
Method to electrochemically deposit compound semiconductors

US5501744A
(en)

*

1992-01-13
1996-03-26
Photon Energy, Inc.
Photovoltaic cell having a p-type polycrystalline layer with large crystals

US7645933B2
(en)

*

2005-03-02
2010-01-12
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Carbon nanotube Schottky barrier photovoltaic cell

WO2008039461A2
(en)

*

2006-09-27
2008-04-03
Thinsilicon Corp.
Back contact device for photovoltaic cells and method of manufacturing a back contact

WO2008150769A2
(en)

*

2007-05-31
2008-12-11
Thinsilicon Corporation
Photovoltaic device and method of manufacturing photovoltaic devices

US8298856B2
(en)

2008-07-17
2012-10-30
Uriel Solar, Inc.
Polycrystalline CDTE thin film semiconductor photovoltaic cell structures for use in solar electricity generation

US20110129742A1
(en)

*

2008-07-31
2011-06-02
The Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Illinois
Nonequilibrium Chemovoltaic Fuel Cell

CN102165604A
(en)

*

2008-09-29
2011-08-24
薄膜硅公司
Monolithically-integrated solar module

EP2356696A4
(en)

*

2009-05-06
2013-05-15
Thinsilicon Corp
Photovoltaic cells and methods to enhance light trapping in semiconductor layer stacks

US20100313935A1
(en)

*

2009-06-10
2010-12-16
Thinsilicion Corporation
Photovoltaic modules and methods for manufacturing photovoltaic modules having tandem semiconductor layer stacks

US20110114156A1
(en)

*

2009-06-10
2011-05-19
Thinsilicon Corporation
Photovoltaic modules having a built-in bypass diode and methods for manufacturing photovoltaic modules having a built-in bypass diode

WO2011072269A2
(en)

*

2009-12-10
2011-06-16
Uriel Solar Inc.
HIGH POWER EFFICIENCY POLYCRYSTALLINE CdTe THIN FILM SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL STRUCTURES FOR USE IN SOLAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION

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Electrolytic preparation of semiconductor compounds

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Light sensitive electronic devices

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Eastman Kodak Company
Barrier type photovoltaic cells with enhanced open-circuit voltage, and process of manufacture

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1976-06-08
1978-11-15
Monsolar Inc
Photo-voltaic power generating means and methods

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*

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1980-03-11
Baranski Andrzej S
Method for producing a smooth coherent film of a metal chalconide

1979

1979-06-18
US
US06/049,728
patent/US4260427A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1980

1980-06-06
IL
IL60250A
patent/IL60250A/en
unknown

1980-06-09
ZA
ZA00803427A
patent/ZA803427B/en
unknown

1980-06-13
MX
MX182769A
patent/MX152808A/en
unknown

1980-06-17
ES
ES492504A
patent/ES492504A0/en
active
Granted

1980-06-17
DE
DE8080302036T
patent/DE3063300D1/en
not_active
Expired

1980-06-17
EP
EP80302036A
patent/EP0021774B1/en
not_active
Expired

1980-06-18
JP
JP8155180A
patent/JPS5649579A/en
active
Pending

1980-06-18
AU
AU59398/80A
patent/AU534829B2/en
not_active
Ceased

1983

1983-11-21
AU
AU21568/83A
patent/AU549483B2/en
not_active
Ceased

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Publication date

AU549483B2
(en)

1986-01-30

ZA803427B
(en)

1981-06-24

ES8102420A1
(en)

1980-12-16

EP0021774B1
(en)

1983-05-18

AU2156883A
(en)

1984-03-29

IL60250A
(en)

1983-05-15

JPS5649579A
(en)

1981-05-06

ES492504A0
(en)

1980-12-16

EP0021774A1
(en)

1981-01-07

MX152808A
(en)

1986-06-10

IL60250A0
(en)

1980-09-16

AU5939880A
(en)

1981-01-08

US4260427A
(en)

1981-04-07

DE3063300D1
(en)

1983-07-07

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