CA1137197A - Solar cell array - Google Patents

Solar cell array

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CA1137197A
CA1137197A CA000308173A CA308173A CA1137197A CA 1137197 A CA1137197 A CA 1137197A CA 000308173 A CA000308173 A CA 000308173A CA 308173 A CA308173 A CA 308173A CA 1137197 A CA1137197 A CA 1137197A
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layer
electrically
conductive material
cells
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John F. Jordan
Curtis M. Lampkin
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Photon Power Inc
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    • H01L31/00Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/02Details
    • H01L31/0224Electrodes
    • H01L31/022466Electrodes made of transparent conductive layers, e.g. TCO, ITO layers
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    • H01L31/00Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/0248Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/0256Semiconductor 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 the material
    • H01L31/0264Inorganic materials
    • H01L31/0328Inorganic materials including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, semiconductor materials provided for in two or more of groups H01L31/0272 - H01L31/032
    • H01L31/0336Inorganic materials including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, semiconductor materials provided for in two or more of groups H01L31/0272 - H01L31/032 in different semiconductor regions, e.g. Cu2X/CdX hetero- junctions, X being an element of Group VI of the Periodic Table
    • H01L31/03365Inorganic materials including, apart from doping materials or other impurities, semiconductor materials provided for in two or more of groups H01L31/0272 - H01L31/032 in different semiconductor regions, e.g. Cu2X/CdX hetero- junctions, X being an element of Group VI of the Periodic Table comprising only Cu2X / CdX heterojunctions, X being an element of Group VI of the Periodic Table
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/04Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/042PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/0445PV modules or arrays of single PV cells including thin film solar cells, e.g. single thin film a-Si, CIS or CdTe solar cells
    • H01L31/046PV modules composed of a plurality of thin film solar cells deposited on the same substrate
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/04Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/042PV modules or arrays of single PV cells
    • H01L31/0445PV modules or arrays of single PV cells including thin film solar cells, e.g. single thin film a-Si, CIS or CdTe solar cells
    • H01L31/046PV modules composed of a plurality of thin film solar cells deposited on the same substrate
    • H01L31/0465PV modules composed of a plurality of thin film solar cells deposited on the same substrate comprising particular structures for the electrical interconnection of adjacent PV cells in the module
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L2224/00Indexing scheme for arrangements for connecting or disconnecting semiconductor or solid-state bodies and methods related thereto as covered by H01L24/00
    • H01L2224/01Means for bonding being attached to, or being formed on, the surface to be connected, e.g. chip-to-package, die-attach, "first-level" interconnects; Manufacturing methods related thereto
    • H01L2224/18High density interconnect [HDI] connectors; Manufacturing methods related thereto
    • 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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
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CA000308173A 1977-09-08 1978-07-26 Solar cell array Expired CA1137197A (en)

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US83154477A 1977-09-08 1977-09-08
US831,544 1977-09-08

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JP (1) JPS5441686A (pt)
AU (1) AU517645B2 (pt)
BR (1) BR7805816A (pt)
CA (1) CA1137197A (pt)
DE (1) DE2839038A1 (pt)
EG (1) EG13954A (pt)
ES (1) ES473061A1 (pt)
FR (1) FR2405557A1 (pt)
GB (1) GB1575888A (pt)
GR (1) GR63166B (pt)
IE (1) IE47153B1 (pt)
IL (1) IL55165A (pt)
IN (1) IN149318B (pt)
IT (1) IT1105538B (pt)
NL (1) NL186209C (pt)
OA (1) OA06048A (pt)
PT (1) PT68530A (pt)
TR (1) TR20403A (pt)
YU (1) YU213178A (pt)
ZA (1) ZA783886B (pt)

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DE3604917A1 (de) * 1986-02-17 1987-08-27 Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm Verfahren zur herstellung eines integrierten verbandes in reihe geschalteter duennschicht-solarzellen
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WO2005086255A1 (en) * 2004-02-09 2005-09-15 General Electric Company Large-area photovoltaic devices and methods of making same
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JP2010062185A (ja) * 2008-09-01 2010-03-18 Mitsubishi Electric Corp 光電変換装置およびその製造方法
TWI478359B (zh) * 2008-09-05 2015-03-21 Semiconductor Energy Lab 光電轉換裝置

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DE2415187C3 (de) * 1974-03-29 1979-10-11 Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gmbh, 8000 Muenchen Halbleiterbatterie und Verfahren zu deren Herstellung
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DE2839038C2 (pt) 1989-07-27
DE2839038A1 (de) 1979-03-22
ES473061A1 (es) 1979-11-01
IL55165A0 (en) 1978-09-29
IL55165A (en) 1981-05-20
IE47153B1 (en) 1983-12-28
JPS5441686A (en) 1979-04-03
TR20403A (tr) 1981-06-10
FR2405557B1 (pt) 1982-11-12
PT68530A (en) 1978-10-01
IN149318B (pt) 1981-10-24
JPS6146993B2 (pt) 1986-10-16
GB1575888A (en) 1980-10-01
FR2405557A1 (fr) 1979-05-04
AU3899878A (en) 1980-02-21
NL7808630A (nl) 1979-03-12
YU213178A (en) 1983-04-30
OA06048A (fr) 1981-06-30
IE781675L (en) 1979-03-08
IT1105538B (it) 1985-11-04
BR7805816A (pt) 1979-04-24
IT7850646A0 (it) 1978-08-08
GR63166B (en) 1979-09-26
AU517645B2 (en) 1981-08-13
EG13954A (en) 1983-03-31
NL186209C (nl) 1990-10-01
ZA783886B (en) 1979-07-25

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