AU2612084A

AU2612084A – Preventing short circuits in a solar cell
– Google Patents

AU2612084A – Preventing short circuits in a solar cell
– Google Patents
Preventing short circuits in a solar cell

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Publication number
AU2612084A

AU2612084A
AU26120/84A
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Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
solar cell
short circuits
preventing short
preventing
circuits
Prior art date
1983-04-02
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.)

Granted

Application number
AU26120/84A
Other versions

AU558763B2
(en

Inventor
Gert Hewigg
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.)

Nukem GmbH

Original Assignee
Nukem GmbH
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.)
1983-04-02
Filing date
1984-03-27
Publication date
1984-10-04

1984-03-27
Application filed by Nukem GmbH
filed
Critical
Nukem GmbH

1984-10-04
Publication of AU2612084A
publication
Critical
patent/AU2612084A/en

1987-02-05
Application granted
granted
Critical

1987-02-05
Publication of AU558763B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU558763B2/en

2004-03-27
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

H01L31/02—Details

H01L31/0224—Electrodes

H01L31/022408—Electrodes for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier

H01L31/022425—Electrodes for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier for solar cells

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

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

H01L31/1868—Passivation

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

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

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

Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC

Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y10S136/00—Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Y10S136/29—Testing, calibrating, treating, e.g. aging

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

Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC

Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

Y10S438/00—Semiconductor device manufacturing: process

Y10S438/98—Utilizing process equivalents or options

AU26120/84A
1983-04-02
1984-03-27
Preventing short circuits in a solar cell

Ceased

AU558763B2
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

DE3312053

1983-04-02

DE3312053A

DE3312053C2
(en)

1983-04-02
1983-04-02

Method for preventing short circuits or shunts in a large-area thin-film solar cell

Publications (2)

Publication Number
Publication Date

AU2612084A
true

AU2612084A
(en)

1984-10-04

AU558763B2

AU558763B2
(en)

1987-02-05

Family
ID=6195372
Family Applications (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU26120/84A
Ceased

AU558763B2
(en)

1983-04-02
1984-03-27
Preventing short circuits in a solar cell

Country Status (6)

Country
Link

US
(1)

US4544797A
(en)

EP
(1)

EP0121869B1
(en)

AU
(1)

AU558763B2
(en)

BR
(1)

BR8401496A
(en)

DE
(2)

DE3312053C2
(en)

ES
(1)

ES531162A0
(en)

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Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

US4937651A
(en)

*

1985-08-24
1990-06-26
Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
Semiconductor device free from the current leakage through a semiconductor layer and method for manufacturing same

KR900006772B1
(en)

*

1985-11-06
1990-09-21
세미콘닥터 에너지 라보라토리 컴파니 리미티드
Method for making semiconductor device free from electrical short circuits through a semiconductor layer

EP0236936A3
(en)

*

1986-03-11
1989-03-29
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Method for avoiding short-circuits during the production of electrical components, particularly for amorphous silicon solar cells

EP0236938A3
(en)

*

1986-03-11
1989-11-15
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Method for prevention of short circuiting whilst fabricating amorphous silicium thin-film solar cells

US4729970A
(en)

*

1986-09-15
1988-03-08
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
Conversion process for passivating short circuit current paths in semiconductor devices

US5055416A
(en)

*

1988-12-07
1991-10-08
Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
Electrolytic etch for preventing electrical shorts in solar cells on polymer surfaces

US4953577A
(en)

*

1989-07-06
1990-09-04
Solarex Corporation
Spray encapsulation of photovoltaic modules

US5501744A
(en)

*

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

US5279678A
(en)

*

1992-01-13
1994-01-18
Photon Energy, Inc.
Photovoltaic cell with thin CS layer

WO1996021251A1
(en)

*

1995-01-06
1996-07-11
President And Fellows Of Harvard College
Minority carrier device

US6921912B2
(en)

*

2003-06-03
2005-07-26
Micron Technology, Inc.
Diode/superionic conductor/polymer memory structure

KR20110122121A
(en)

*

2009-01-22
2011-11-09
이 아이 듀폰 디 네모아 앤드 캄파니
Poly(vinyl butyral) encapsulant comprising chelating agents for solar cell modules

KR20130136739A
(en)

*

2012-06-05
2013-12-13
엘지이노텍 주식회사
Solar cell and method of fabricating the same

US9153729B2
(en)

2012-11-26
2015-10-06
International Business Machines Corporation
Atomic layer deposition for photovoltaic devices

US8889466B2
(en)

*

2013-04-12
2014-11-18
International Business Machines Corporation
Protective insulating layer and chemical mechanical polishing for polycrystalline thin film solar cells

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Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

US3880633A
(en)

*

1974-01-08
1975-04-29
Baldwin Co D H
Method of coating a glass ribbon on a liquid float bath

DE2445548A1
(en)

*

1974-09-24
1976-04-01
Baldwin Co D H
Photovoltaic solar cells – made by heating substrate on molten tin and spraying it with cadmium chloride and copper acetate

DE2732933C2
(en)

*

1977-07-21
1984-11-15
Bloss, Werner H., Prof. Dr.-Ing., 7065 Winterbach

Process for the production of thin-film solar cells with pn heterojunction

US4197141A
(en)

*

1978-01-31
1980-04-08
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Method for passivating imperfections in semiconductor materials

US4166918A
(en)

*

1978-07-19
1979-09-04
Rca Corporation
Method of removing the effects of electrical shorts and shunts created during the fabrication process of a solar cell

US4318938A
(en)

*

1979-05-29
1982-03-09
The University Of Delaware
Method for the continuous manufacture of thin film solar cells

US4251286A
(en)

*

1979-09-18
1981-02-17
The University Of Delaware
Thin film photovoltaic cells having blocking layers

US4343830A
(en)

*

1980-11-13
1982-08-10
Motorola, Inc.
Method for improving the efficiency of solar cells having imperfections

US4471036A
(en)

*

1983-06-29
1984-09-11
The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy
Electrochemical photovoltaic cells and electrodes

1983

1983-04-02
DE
DE3312053A
patent/DE3312053C2/en
not_active
Expired

1984

1984-03-26
US
US06/593,296
patent/US4544797A/en
not_active
Expired – Fee Related

1984-03-27
AU
AU26120/84A
patent/AU558763B2/en
not_active
Ceased

1984-03-29
DE
DE8484103478T
patent/DE3460853D1/en
not_active
Expired

1984-03-29
EP
EP84103478A
patent/EP0121869B1/en
not_active
Expired

1984-03-30
BR
BR8401496A
patent/BR8401496A/en
unknown

1984-03-30
ES
ES531162A
patent/ES531162A0/en
active
Granted

Also Published As

Publication number
Publication date

DE3460853D1
(en)

1986-11-06

EP0121869B1
(en)

1986-10-01

AU558763B2
(en)

1987-02-05

BR8401496A
(en)

1984-11-13

DE3312053C2
(en)

1985-03-28

ES8501569A1
(en)

1984-12-01

US4544797A
(en)

1985-10-01

ES531162A0
(en)

1984-12-01

EP0121869A1
(en)

1984-10-17

DE3312053A1
(en)

1984-10-11

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