GB2160360B - Method of fabricating solar cells - Google Patents

Method of fabricating solar cells

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Publication number
GB2160360B
GB2160360B GB08515900A GB8515900A GB2160360B GB 2160360 B GB2160360 B GB 2160360B GB 08515900 A GB08515900 A GB 08515900A GB 8515900 A GB8515900 A GB 8515900A GB 2160360 B GB2160360 B GB 2160360B
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Prior art keywords
solar cells
fabricating solar
fabricating
cells
solar
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Expired
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GB08515900A
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GB2160360A (en
GB8515900D0 (en
Inventor
Ronald C Gonsiorawski
Doughlas A Yates
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Schott Solar CSP Inc
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Mobil Solar Energy Corp
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Priority claimed from US06/681,001 external-priority patent/US4612698A/en
Application filed by Mobil Solar Energy Corp filed Critical Mobil Solar Energy Corp
Publication of GB8515900D0 publication Critical patent/GB8515900D0/en
Publication of GB2160360A publication Critical patent/GB2160360A/en
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Publication of GB2160360B publication Critical patent/GB2160360B/en
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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
    • H01L31/1804—Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof comprising only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System
    • 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
    • H01L31/02—Details
    • H01L31/0224—Electrodes
    • H01L31/022408—Electrodes for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier
    • H01L31/022425—Electrodes for devices characterised by at least one potential jump barrier or surface barrier for solar cells
    • 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
    • H01L31/04—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 adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/06—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 adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier
    • H01L31/068—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 adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by at least one potential-jump barrier or surface barrier the potential barriers being only of the PN homojunction type, e.g. bulk silicon PN homojunction solar cells or thin film polycrystalline silicon PN homojunction solar cells
    • 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
    • Y02E10/547—Monocrystalline silicon PV cells
    • 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
GB08515900A 1983-12-19 1984-12-14 Method of fabricating solar cells Expired GB2160360B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US56329283A 1983-12-19 1983-12-19
US66697284A 1984-10-31 1984-10-31
US06/681,001 US4612698A (en) 1984-10-31 1984-12-13 Method of fabricating solar cells
PCT/US1984/002064 WO1985002942A1 (en) 1983-12-19 1984-12-14 Method of fabricating solar cells

Publications (3)

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GB8515900D0 GB8515900D0 (en) 1985-07-24
GB2160360A GB2160360A (en) 1985-12-18
GB2160360B true GB2160360B (en) 1987-09-16

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EP (1) EP0168431A4 (en)
AU (1) AU574431B2 (en)
CH (1) CH670335A5 (en)
DE (1) DE3490600T1 (en)
GB (1) GB2160360B (en)
NL (1) NL8420336A (en)
SE (1) SE456625B (en)
WO (1) WO1985002942A1 (en)

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NL8420338A (en) * 1983-12-19 1985-11-01 Mobil Solar Energy Corp METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELLS
US4650695A (en) * 1985-05-13 1987-03-17 Mobil Solar Energy Corporation Method of fabricating solar cells
GB2183090B (en) * 1985-10-07 1989-09-13 Canon Kk Method for selective formation of deposited film

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US4086102A (en) * 1976-12-13 1978-04-25 King William J Inexpensive solar cell and method therefor
US4152824A (en) * 1977-12-30 1979-05-08 Mobil Tyco Solar Energy Corporation Manufacture of solar cells
NL7800583A (en) * 1978-01-18 1979-07-20 Philips Nv PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A DEVICE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING THE PROCESS.
US4224084A (en) * 1979-04-16 1980-09-23 Rca Corporation Method and structure for passivating a semiconductor device
US4322253A (en) * 1980-04-30 1982-03-30 Rca Corporation Method of making selective crystalline silicon regions containing entrapped hydrogen by laser treatment
AU546534B2 (en) * 1981-10-27 1985-09-05 Mobil Solar Energy Corp. Coating silicon with nickel by electroless-plating
DE3202484A1 (en) * 1982-01-27 1983-08-04 Bayer Ag, 5090 Leverkusen METALIZED SEMICONDUCTORS AND METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION
NL8420338A (en) * 1983-12-19 1985-11-01 Mobil Solar Energy Corp METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELLS

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DE3490600T1 (en) 1985-11-28
GB2160360A (en) 1985-12-18
CH670335A5 (en) 1989-05-31
GB8515900D0 (en) 1985-07-24
SE8503834D0 (en) 1985-08-16
EP0168431A4 (en) 1989-01-19
EP0168431A1 (en) 1986-01-22
AU574431B2 (en) 1988-07-07
SE456625B (en) 1988-10-17
SE8503834L (en) 1985-08-16
WO1985002942A1 (en) 1985-07-04
AU3889985A (en) 1985-07-12
NL8420336A (en) 1985-11-01

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