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
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Australia
Prior art keywords
amorphous silicon
silicon photocell
photocell
amorphous
silicon
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Ceased
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AU64984/80A
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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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    • 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
    • H10F77/16—Material structures, e.g. crystalline structures, film structures or crystal plane orientations
    • H10F77/169—Thin semiconductor films on metallic or insulating substrates
    • H10F77/1692—Thin semiconductor films on metallic or insulating substrates the films including only Group IV materials
    • 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
    • H10F10/10—Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells having potential barriers
    • H10F10/18—Photovoltaic cells having only Schottky potential barriers
    • 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
    • H10F71/10—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass the devices comprising amorphous semiconductor material
    • H10F71/103—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass the devices comprising amorphous semiconductor material including only Group IV 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
    • 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)

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AU6498480A AU6498480A (en) 1981-06-11
AU540064B2 true AU540064B2 (en) 1984-11-01

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Country Status (8)

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US (1) US4266984A (OSRAM)
JP (1) JPS5693378A (OSRAM)
AU (1) AU540064B2 (OSRAM)
CA (1) CA1170345A (OSRAM)
DE (1) DE3045194A1 (OSRAM)
FR (1) FR2471671A1 (OSRAM)
GB (1) GB2064867B (OSRAM)
IT (1) IT1134557B (OSRAM)

Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US4226897A (en) * 1977-12-05 1980-10-07 Plasma Physics Corporation Method of forming semiconducting materials and barriers
DE3176910D1 (en) * 1980-02-15 1988-11-17 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

Family Cites Families (2)

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US4064521A (en) * 1975-07-28 1977-12-20 Rca Corporation Semiconductor device having a body of amorphous silicon
FR2413780A1 (fr) * 1977-12-29 1979-07-27 Thomson Csf Procede de realisation d'un contact " metal-semi-conducteur " a barriere de potentiel de hauteur predeterminee, et composant semi-conducteur comportant au moins un contact obtenu par ce procede

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CA1170345A (en) 1984-07-03
JPS5693378A (en) 1981-07-28
GB2064867A (en) 1981-06-17
US4266984A (en) 1981-05-12
AU6498480A (en) 1981-06-11
FR2471671A1 (fr) 1981-06-19
DE3045194A1 (de) 1981-09-03
IT1134557B (it) 1986-08-13
IT8026379A0 (it) 1980-12-02
FR2471671B1 (OSRAM) 1985-04-26
GB2064867B (en) 1983-06-08

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