CA1123525A - High temperature amorphous semiconductor member and method of making same - Google Patents

High temperature amorphous semiconductor member and method of making same

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CA1123525A
CA1123525A CA311,648A CA311648A CA1123525A CA 1123525 A CA1123525 A CA 1123525A CA 311648 A CA311648 A CA 311648A CA 1123525 A CA1123525 A CA 1123525A
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amorphous
host matrix
semiconductor member
amorphous semiconductor
modifier material
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CA311,648A
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French (fr)
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Stanford R. Ovshinsky
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Energy Conversion Devices Inc
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Energy Conversion Devices Inc
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Priority claimed from US05/841,369 external-priority patent/US4177474A/en
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10NELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N10/00Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
    • H10N10/80Constructional details
    • H10N10/85Thermoelectric active materials
    • H10N10/851Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions
    • H10N10/855Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions comprising compounds containing boron, carbon, oxygen or nitrogen
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10DINORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/40Crystalline structures
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10FINORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F10/00Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells
    • H10F10/10Individual photovoltaic cells, e.g. solar cells having potential barriers
    • H10F10/18Photovoltaic cells having only Schottky potential barriers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10FINORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES SENSITIVE TO INFRARED RADIATION, LIGHT, ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION OF SHORTER WAVELENGTH OR CORPUSCULAR RADIATION
    • H10F77/00Constructional details of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F77/10Semiconductor bodies
    • H10F77/16Material structures, e.g. crystalline structures, film structures or crystal plane orientations
    • H10F77/162Non-monocrystalline materials, e.g. semiconductor particles embedded in insulating materials
    • H10F77/166Amorphous semiconductors
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H10SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10NELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N10/00Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
    • H10N10/80Constructional details
    • H10N10/85Thermoelectric active materials
    • H10N10/851Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions
    • H10N10/8556Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions comprising compounds containing germanium or silicon
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50Photovoltaic [PV] energy

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
  • Battery Electrode And Active Subsutance (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
  • Physical Vapour Deposition (AREA)
  • Silicon Compounds (AREA)
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CA311,648A 1977-10-12 1978-09-20 High temperature amorphous semiconductor member and method of making same Expired CA1123525A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US841,369 1977-10-12
US05/841,369 US4177474A (en) 1977-05-18 1977-10-12 High temperature amorphous semiconductor member and method of making the same

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CA1123525A true CA1123525A (en) 1982-05-11

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JP (1) JPS5464981A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AU (1) AU523107B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CA (1) CA1123525A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
DE (1) DE2844070A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
ES (1) ES474153A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2454186A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
GB (1) GB2007021B (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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CA1176740A (en) * 1980-12-03 1984-10-23 Yoshihisa Tawada High-voltage photovoltaic cell having a hetero junction of amorphous semiconductor and amorphous silicon
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JPS62162366A (ja) * 1981-09-17 1987-07-18 Semiconductor Energy Lab Co Ltd 炭素被膜を有する複合体
JPH07105507B2 (ja) * 1982-02-25 1995-11-13 プラズマ・フィジクス・コ−ポレ−ション 光起電力装置
DE3314197A1 (de) * 1982-04-28 1983-11-03 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc., 48084 Troy, Mich. P-leitende amorphe siliziumlegierung mit grossem bandabstand und herstellungsverfahren dafuer
JPS5957407A (ja) * 1982-09-27 1984-04-03 Sanyo Electric Co Ltd 光起電力装置
JPS59108370A (ja) * 1982-12-14 1984-06-22 Kanegafuchi Chem Ind Co Ltd 光起電力装置
JPS58180074A (ja) * 1983-03-28 1983-10-21 Shunpei Yamazaki 光電変換半導体装置
EP0135294A3 (en) * 1983-07-18 1986-08-20 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Enhanced narrow band gap alloys for photovoltaic applications
US4569697A (en) * 1983-08-26 1986-02-11 Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Method of forming photovoltaic quality amorphous alloys by passivating defect states
JPS62162367A (ja) * 1986-11-19 1987-07-18 Semiconductor Energy Lab Co Ltd 炭素被膜を有する複合体
JPS6316678A (ja) * 1986-12-26 1988-01-23 Shunpei Yamazaki 光電変換装置
JP2648733B2 (ja) * 1993-11-18 1997-09-03 プラズマ・フィジクス・コーポレーション 半導体装置
JPH077168A (ja) * 1994-04-15 1995-01-10 Semiconductor Energy Lab Co Ltd 光電変換半導体装置
TWI245288B (en) * 2003-03-20 2005-12-11 Sony Corp Semiconductor memory element and semiconductor memory device using the same
US20080042119A1 (en) * 2005-08-09 2008-02-21 Ovonyx, Inc. Multi-layered chalcogenide and related devices having enhanced operational characteristics

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CA1078078A (en) * 1976-03-22 1980-05-20 David E. Carlson Schottky barrier semiconductor device and method of making same

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DE2844070C2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1990-02-01
AU523107B2 (en) 1982-07-15
DE2844070A1 (de) 1979-04-26
AU4023778A (en) 1980-04-03
JPS6230512B2 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1987-07-02
FR2454186B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1984-08-24
GB2007021A (en) 1979-05-10
JPS5464981A (en) 1979-05-25
GB2007021B (en) 1982-05-06
FR2454186A1 (fr) 1980-11-07
ES474153A1 (es) 1979-10-16

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