AU2010208530A1 - Photovoltaic device with improved crystal orientation - Google Patents

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AU2010208530A1
AU2010208530A1 AU2010208530A AU2010208530A AU2010208530A1 AU 2010208530 A1 AU2010208530 A1 AU 2010208530A1 AU 2010208530 A AU2010208530 A AU 2010208530A AU 2010208530 A AU2010208530 A AU 2010208530A AU 2010208530 A1 AU2010208530 A1 AU 2010208530A1
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Boil Pashmakov
Yu Yang
Zhibo Zhao
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F10/00—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F71/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F71/138—Manufacture of transparent electrodes, e.g. transparent conductive oxides [TCO] or indium tin oxide [ITO] electrodes
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F77/10—Semiconductor bodies
    • H10F77/12—Active materials
    • H10F77/123—Active materials comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS, ZnS or HgCdTe
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10F—INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F77/00—Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F77/20—Electrodes
    • H10F77/244—Electrodes made of transparent conductive layers, e.g. transparent conductive oxide [TCO] layers
    • 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

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AU2010208530A 2009-01-29 2010-01-14 Photovoltaic device with improved crystal orientation Abandoned AU2010208530A1 (en)

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US14827609P 2009-01-29 2009-01-29
US61/148,276 2009-01-29
PCT/US2010/021052 WO2010088059A1 (en) 2009-01-29 2010-01-14 Photovoltaic device with improved crystal orientation

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EP (1) EP2392025B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP2012516573A (enExample)
KR (1) KR20110107402A (enExample)
CN (1) CN102365707B (enExample)
AU (1) AU2010208530A1 (enExample)
TW (1) TW201034207A (enExample)
WO (1) WO2010088059A1 (enExample)

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TW201034207A (en) 2010-09-16
KR20110107402A (ko) 2011-09-30
WO2010088059A1 (en) 2010-08-05
EP2392025B1 (en) 2013-09-04
JP2012516573A (ja) 2012-07-19
CN102365707B (zh) 2015-02-04
CN102365707A (zh) 2012-02-29
US20100186815A1 (en) 2010-07-29

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