AU540064B2

AU540064B2 – Amorphous silicon photocell
– Google Patents

AU540064B2 – Amorphous silicon photocell
– Google Patents
Amorphous silicon photocell

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Publication number
AU540064B2

AU540064B2
AU64984/80A
AU6498480A
AU540064B2
AU 540064 B2
AU540064 B2
AU 540064B2
AU 64984/80 A
AU64984/80 A
AU 64984/80A
AU 6498480 A
AU6498480 A
AU 6498480A
AU 540064 B2
AU540064 B2
AU 540064B2
Authority
AU
Australia
Prior art keywords
amorphous silicon
silicon photocell
photocell
amorphous
silicon
Prior art date
1979-12-03
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
AU64984/80A
Other versions

AU6498480A
(en

Inventor
Bruce Perret Myers
Christopher Roman Wronski
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ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co

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Exxon Research and Engineering Co
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1979-12-03
Filing date
1980-12-02
Publication date
1984-11-01

1980-12-02
Application filed by Exxon Research and Engineering Co
filed
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Exxon Research and Engineering Co

1981-06-11
Publication of AU6498480A
publication
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patent/AU6498480A/en

1984-11-01
Application granted
granted
Critical

1984-11-01
Publication of AU540064B2
publication
Critical
patent/AU540064B2/en

2000-12-02
Anticipated expiration
legal-status
Critical

Status
Ceased
legal-status
Critical
Current

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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

H01L31/0248—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 characterised by their semiconductor bodies

H01L31/036—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 characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes

H01L31/0392—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 characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes including thin films deposited on metallic or insulating substrates ; characterised by specific substrate materials or substrate features or by the presence of intermediate layers, e.g. barrier layers, on the substrate

H01L31/03921—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 characterised by their semiconductor bodies characterised by their crystalline structure or particular orientation of the crystalline planes including thin films deposited on metallic or insulating substrates ; characterised by specific substrate materials or substrate features or by the presence of intermediate layers, e.g. barrier layers, on the substrate including only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System

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

H01L31/20—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof such devices or parts thereof comprising amorphous semiconductor materials

H01L31/202—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof such devices or parts thereof comprising amorphous semiconductor materials including only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System

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

Y10S148/00—Metal treatment

Y10S148/153—Solar cells-implantations-laser beam

AU64984/80A
1979-12-03
1980-12-02
Amorphous silicon photocell

Ceased

AU540064B2
(en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number
Priority Date
Filing Date
Title

US99421

1979-12-03

US06/099,421

US4266984A
(en)

1979-12-03
1979-12-03
Enhanced open circuit voltage in amorphous silicon photovoltaic devices

Publications (2)

Publication Number
Publication Date

AU6498480A

AU6498480A
(en)

1981-06-11

AU540064B2
true

AU540064B2
(en)

1984-11-01

Family
ID=22274927
Family Applications (1)

Application Number
Title
Priority Date
Filing Date

AU64984/80A
Ceased

AU540064B2
(en)

1979-12-03
1980-12-02
Amorphous silicon photocell

Country Status (8)

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Link

US
(1)

US4266984A
(en)

JP
(1)

JPS5693378A
(en)

AU
(1)

AU540064B2
(en)

CA
(1)

CA1170345A
(en)

DE
(1)

DE3045194A1
(en)

FR
(1)

FR2471671A1
(en)

GB
(1)

GB2064867B
(en)

IT
(1)

IT1134557B
(en)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

US4226897A
(en)

*

1977-12-05
1980-10-07
Plasma Physics Corporation
Method of forming semiconducting materials and barriers

EP0035146B1
(en)

*

1980-02-15
1988-10-12
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Semiconductor photoelectric device

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

EP0153043A3
(en)

*

1984-02-15
1986-09-24
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
Ohmic contact layer

US5155565A
(en)

*

1988-02-05
1992-10-13
Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company
Method for manufacturing an amorphous silicon thin film solar cell and Schottky diode on a common substrate

US20160181456A1
(en)

*

2014-12-22
2016-06-23
Yong-Hang Zhang
Low-Cost and High-Efficiency Tandem Photovoltaic Cells

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party

Publication number
Priority date
Publication date
Assignee
Title

US4064521A
(en)

*

1975-07-28
1977-12-20
Rca Corporation
Semiconductor device having a body of amorphous silicon

FR2413780A1
(en)

*

1977-12-29
1979-07-27
Thomson Csf

PROCESS FOR MAKING A “METAL-SEMI-CONDUCTIVE” CONTACT WITH A POTENTIAL BARRIER OF PREDETERMINED HEIGHT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE CONTACT OBTAINED BY THIS PROCESS

1979

1979-12-03
US
US06/099,421
patent/US4266984A/en
not_active
Expired – Lifetime

1980

1980-10-02
CA
CA000361399A
patent/CA1170345A/en
not_active
Expired

1980-12-01
DE
DE19803045194
patent/DE3045194A1/en
not_active
Withdrawn

1980-12-02
AU
AU64984/80A
patent/AU540064B2/en
not_active
Ceased

1980-12-02
IT
IT8026379A
patent/IT1134557B/en
active

1980-12-03
JP
JP16972580A
patent/JPS5693378A/en
active
Pending

1980-12-03
FR
FR8025651A
patent/FR2471671A1/en
active
Granted

1980-12-03
GB
GB8038798A
patent/GB2064867B/en
not_active
Expired

Also Published As

Publication number
Publication date

IT8026379D0
(en)

1980-12-02

AU6498480A
(en)

1981-06-11

US4266984A
(en)

1981-05-12

DE3045194A1
(en)

1981-09-03

CA1170345A
(en)

1984-07-03

JPS5693378A
(en)

1981-07-28

GB2064867B
(en)

1983-06-08

FR2471671A1
(en)

1981-06-19

IT1134557B
(en)

1986-08-13

FR2471671B1
(en)

1985-04-26

GB2064867A
(en)

1981-06-17

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