AU534829B2 – Photovoltaic cell
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AU534829B2 – Photovoltaic cell
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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
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Ametek Inc
Original Assignee
Ametek Inc
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1979-06-18
Filing date
1980-06-18
Publication date
1984-02-16
1980-06-18
Application filed by Ametek Inc
filed
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Ametek Inc
1981-01-08
Publication of AU5939880A
publication
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Baths for electrodeposition of metal chalconide films
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1983-03-28
1984-08-14
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CdTe passivation of HgCdTe by electrochemical deposition
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Electrodeposited doped II-VI semiconductor films and devices incorporating such films
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1989-03-28
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Electrodeposited doped II-VI semiconductor films and devices incorporating such films
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1986-05-15
1987-08-25
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Process and apparatus for forming thin films
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1986-10-21
1989-10-10
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Method of making photovoltaic cell with chloride dip
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(en)
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1987-10-23
1989-04-28
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Photovoltaic device and its manufacture
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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
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1991-01-11
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Method to electrochemically deposit compound semiconductors
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Photovoltaic cell having a p-type polycrystalline layer with large crystals
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Carbon nanotube Schottky barrier photovoltaic cell
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Photovoltaic cells and methods to enhance light trapping in semiconductor layer stacks
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2009-06-10
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Thinsilicion Corporation
Photovoltaic modules and methods for manufacturing photovoltaic modules having tandem semiconductor layer stacks
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Thinsilicon Corporation
Photovoltaic modules having a built-in bypass diode and methods for manufacturing photovoltaic modules having a built-in bypass diode
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2009-12-10
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HIGH POWER EFFICIENCY POLYCRYSTALLINE CdTe THIN FILM SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL STRUCTURES FOR USE IN SOLAR ELECTRICITY GENERATION
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1979-06-18
US
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1980
1980-06-06
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IL60250A
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1980-06-09
ZA
ZA00803427A
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1980-06-13
MX
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1980-06-17
ES
ES492504A
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active
Granted
1980-06-17
DE
DE8080302036T
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Expired
1980-06-17
EP
EP80302036A
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1980-06-18
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1980-06-18
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1986-01-30
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1980-12-16
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1983-05-18
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1984-03-29
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1983-05-15
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1981-05-06
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1980-12-16
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1981-01-07
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1986-06-10
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1980-09-16
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1981-01-08
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1981-04-07
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