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IN2012DN00357A
IN2012DN00357A IN357DEN2012A IN2012DN00357A IN 2012DN00357 A IN2012DN00357 A IN 2012DN00357A IN 357DEN2012 A IN357DEN2012 A IN 357DEN2012A IN 2012DN00357 A IN2012DN00357 A IN 2012DN00357A
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zinc
cadmium sulfide
cadmium
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C Powell Rick
gloeckler Markus
Buller Benyamin
Shao Rui
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First Solar Inc
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    • 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
    • H10F77/169Thin semiconductor films on metallic or insulating substrates
    • 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
    • H10F10/16Photovoltaic cells having only PN heterojunction potential barriers
    • H10F10/162Photovoltaic cells having only PN heterojunction potential barriers comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS/CdTe photovoltaic cells
    • 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
    • H10F71/00Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F71/125The active layers comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS, ZnS or CdTe
    • H10F71/1253The active layers comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS, ZnS or CdTe comprising at least three elements, e.g. HgCdTe
    • 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
    • H10F77/12Active materials
    • H10F77/123Active materials comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS, ZnS or HgCdTe
    • 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
    • H10F77/12Active materials
    • H10F77/123Active materials comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS, ZnS or HgCdTe
    • H10F77/1237Active materials comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS, ZnS or HgCdTe having at least three elements, e.g. HgCdTe
    • 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
    • H10F77/169Thin semiconductor films on metallic or insulating substrates
    • H10F77/1696Thin semiconductor films on metallic or insulating substrates the films including Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdTe or CdS
    • 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
    • H10F77/20Electrodes
    • H10F77/244Electrodes made of transparent conductive layers, e.g. transparent conductive oxide [TCO] layers
    • 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
    • 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
    • Y02E10/543Solar cells from Group II-VI materials
    • 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
    • Y02PCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P70/00Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
    • Y02P70/50Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

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US22465809P 2009-07-10 2009-07-10
US22501309P 2009-07-13 2009-07-13
PCT/US2010/041500 WO2011006050A1 (en) 2009-07-10 2010-07-09 Photovoltaic devices including zinc

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EP (1) EP2452370A4 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
JP (1) JP2012533178A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
KR (1) KR20120052296A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
CN (1) CN102484170A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
AU (1) AU2010271339A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
IL (1) IL217463A0 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
IN (1) IN2012DN00357A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
MA (1) MA33504B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
TW (1) TW201108452A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
WO (1) WO2011006050A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
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KR20120052296A (ko) 2012-05-23
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ZA201200354B (en) 2012-09-26
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US20110005594A1 (en) 2011-01-13
TW201108452A (en) 2011-03-01
WO2011006050A1 (en) 2011-01-13
EP2452370A1 (en) 2012-05-16
IL217463A0 (en) 2012-02-29
CN102484170A (zh) 2012-05-30
JP2012533178A (ja) 2012-12-20
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