DE2844070A1 - Amorpher halbleiter - Google Patents

Amorpher halbleiter

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DE2844070A1
DE2844070A1 DE19782844070 DE2844070A DE2844070A1 DE 2844070 A1 DE2844070 A1 DE 2844070A1 DE 19782844070 DE19782844070 DE 19782844070 DE 2844070 A DE2844070 A DE 2844070A DE 2844070 A1 DE2844070 A1 DE 2844070A1
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amorphous
matrix
amorphous semiconductor
semiconductor part
amorphous matrix
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DE19782844070
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German (de)
English (en)
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DE2844070C2 (enExample
Inventor
Stanford Robert 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
Application filed by Energy Conversion Devices Inc filed Critical Energy Conversion Devices Inc
Publication of DE2844070A1 publication Critical patent/DE2844070A1/de
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of DE2844070C2 publication Critical patent/DE2844070C2/de
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N10/00—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
    • H10N10/80—Constructional details
    • H10N10/85—Thermoelectric active materials
    • H10N10/851—Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions
    • H10N10/855—Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions comprising compounds containing boron, carbon, oxygen or nitrogen
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10D—INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    • H10D62/00—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
    • H10D62/40—Crystalline structures
    • 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
    • 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
    • H10F77/162—Non-monocrystalline materials, e.g. semiconductor particles embedded in insulating materials
    • H10F77/166—Amorphous semiconductors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N10/00—Thermoelectric devices comprising a junction of dissimilar materials, i.e. devices exhibiting Seebeck or Peltier effects
    • H10N10/80—Constructional details
    • H10N10/85—Thermoelectric active materials
    • H10N10/851—Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions
    • H10N10/8556—Thermoelectric active materials comprising inorganic compositions comprising compounds containing germanium or silicon
    • 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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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
  • Bipolar Transistors (AREA)
  • Physical Vapour Deposition (AREA)
  • Light Receiving Elements (AREA)
  • Battery Electrode And Active Subsutance (AREA)
  • Silicon Compounds (AREA)
  • Glass Compositions (AREA)
DE19782844070 1977-10-12 1978-10-10 Amorpher halbleiter Granted DE2844070A1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
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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DE2844070A1 true DE2844070A1 (de) 1979-04-26
DE2844070C2 DE2844070C2 (enExample) 1990-02-01

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DE19782844070 Granted DE2844070A1 (de) 1977-10-12 1978-10-10 Amorpher halbleiter

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

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JPS57136377A (en) * 1981-02-17 1982-08-23 Kanegafuchi Chem Ind Co Ltd Amorphous silicon nitride/amorphous silicon heterojunction photoelectric element
IE52207B1 (en) * 1980-09-09 1987-08-05 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Method of grading the band gaps of amorphous alloys and devices
CA1176740A (en) * 1980-12-03 1984-10-23 Yoshihisa Tawada High-voltage photovoltaic cell having a hetero junction of amorphous semiconductor and amorphous silicon
IE53485B1 (en) * 1981-02-12 1988-11-23 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Improved photoresponsive amorphous alloys
JPH03188682A (ja) * 1981-04-30 1991-08-16 Kanegafuchi Chem Ind Co Ltd 高電圧アモルファス半導体／アモルファスシリコン・ヘテロ接合光起電力素子
DE3280418T2 (de) * 1981-07-17 1993-03-04 Kanegafuchi Chemical Ind Amorpher halbleiter und photovoltaische vorrichtung aus amorphem silizium.
JPS5814583A (ja) * 1981-07-17 1983-01-27 Kanegafuchi Chem Ind Co Ltd アモルフアス半導体およびアモルフアス半導体／アモルフアスシリコン・ヘテロ接合光起電力素子
EP0072221B1 (en) * 1981-08-07 1987-11-11 The British Petroleum Company p.l.c. Non-volatile electrically programmable memory device
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
ES8602301A1 (es) * 1983-07-18 1985-11-01 Energy Conversion Devices Inc Una aleacion amorfa mejorada de separacion de bandas estrecha, para aplicaciones fotovoltaicas
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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JPS51128268A (en) * 1975-04-30 1976-11-09 Sony Corp Semiconductor unit
CA1078078A (en) * 1976-03-22 1980-05-20 David E. Carlson Schottky barrier semiconductor device and method of making same

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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Title
Solid State Communications, Bd. 17, 1975, S. 1193-1196 *

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GB2007021A (en) 1979-05-10
FR2454186B1 (enExample) 1984-08-24
ES474153A1 (es) 1979-10-16
GB2007021B (en) 1982-05-06
CA1123525A (en) 1982-05-11
AU523107B2 (en) 1982-07-15
DE2844070C2 (enExample) 1990-02-01
JPS6230512B2 (enExample) 1987-07-02
JPS5464981A (en) 1979-05-25
FR2454186A1 (fr) 1980-11-07
AU4023778A (en) 1980-04-03

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