FR2508708B1 - Procede electrolytique d'elimination des courts-circuits et des shunts dans les cellules solaires - Google Patents

Procede electrolytique d'elimination des courts-circuits et des shunts dans les cellules solaires

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FR2508708B1
FR2508708B1 FR8210581A FR8210581A FR2508708B1 FR 2508708 B1 FR2508708 B1 FR 2508708B1 FR 8210581 A FR8210581 A FR 8210581A FR 8210581 A FR8210581 A FR 8210581A FR 2508708 B1 FR2508708 B1 FR 2508708B1
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shunts
solar cells
short circuits
electrolytic process
eliminating short
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George Allan Swartz
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RCA Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01L—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00—Semiconductor 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
    • H01L31/18—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
    • H01L31/20—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof such devices or parts thereof comprising amorphous semiconductor materials
    • H01L31/208—Particular post-treatment of the devices, e.g. annealing, short-circuit elimination
    • 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
    • Y10S136/00—Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric
    • Y10S136/29—Testing, calibrating, treating, e.g. aging

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  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
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  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
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FR8210581A 1981-06-26 1982-06-17 Procede electrolytique d'elimination des courts-circuits et des shunts dans les cellules solaires Expired FR2508708B1 (fr)

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US06/277,983 US4385971A (en) 1981-06-26 1981-06-26 Electrolytic etch for eliminating shorts and shunts in large area amorphous silicon solar cells

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FR2508708A1 FR2508708A1 (fr) 1982-12-31
FR2508708B1 true FR2508708B1 (fr) 1986-10-17

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US (1) US4385971A (fr)
JP (1) JPS584984A (fr)
DE (1) DE3223432C2 (fr)
FR (1) FR2508708B1 (fr)

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JPH0473306B2 (fr) 1992-11-20
DE3223432A1 (de) 1983-01-20
US4385971A (en) 1983-05-31
DE3223432C2 (de) 1995-08-17
FR2508708A1 (fr) 1982-12-31

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