JPS6252478B2 - - Google Patents

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Publication number
JPS6252478B2
JPS6252478B2 JP54068228A JP6822879A JPS6252478B2 JP S6252478 B2 JPS6252478 B2 JP S6252478B2 JP 54068228 A JP54068228 A JP 54068228A JP 6822879 A JP6822879 A JP 6822879A JP S6252478 B2 JPS6252478 B2 JP S6252478B2
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layers
layer
cds
cdte
oxygen
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Expired
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JP54068228A
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JPS54159193A (en
Inventor
Shen Teian Yuan
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Eastman Kodak Co
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Eastman Kodak Co
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Application filed by Eastman Kodak Co filed Critical Eastman Kodak Co
Publication of JPS54159193A publication Critical patent/JPS54159193A/ja
Publication of JPS6252478B2 publication Critical patent/JPS6252478B2/ja
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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    • 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
    • H10F10/16—Photovoltaic cells having only PN heterojunction potential barriers
    • H10F10/162—Photovoltaic cells having only PN heterojunction potential barriers comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS/CdTe photovoltaic cells
    • 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
    • H10F71/00—Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass
    • H10F71/125—The active layers comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS, ZnS or CdTe
    • H10P14/22—
    • H10P14/2915—
    • H10P14/2922—
    • H10P14/3228—
    • H10P14/3232—
    • H10P14/3241—
    • H10P14/3248—
    • H10P14/3428—
    • H10P14/3432—
    • H10P14/3444—
    • H10P14/3446—
    • 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
    • Y02E10/543—Solar cells from Group II-VI materials

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Crystallography & Structural Chemistry (AREA)
  • Inorganic Chemistry (AREA)
JP6822879A 1978-06-02 1979-06-02 Thin film cds*cdte photocell and method of manufacturing same Granted JPS54159193A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US05/911,843 US4207119A (en) 1978-06-02 1978-06-02 Polycrystalline thin film CdS/CdTe photovoltaic cell

Publications (2)

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JPS54159193A JPS54159193A (en) 1979-12-15
JPS6252478B2 true JPS6252478B2 (enExample) 1987-11-05

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JP6822879A Granted JPS54159193A (en) 1978-06-02 1979-06-02 Thin film cds*cdte photocell and method of manufacturing same

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US (1) US4207119A (enExample)
EP (1) EP0006025B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JPS54159193A (enExample)
AU (1) AU526228B2 (enExample)
CA (1) CA1118877A (enExample)
DE (1) DE2964526D1 (enExample)
IL (1) IL57438A (enExample)

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IL57438A0 (en) 1979-09-30
IL57438A (en) 1982-07-30
EP0006025A1 (en) 1979-12-12
EP0006025B1 (en) 1983-01-19
JPS54159193A (en) 1979-12-15
AU526228B2 (en) 1982-12-23
DE2964526D1 (en) 1983-02-24
AU4768579A (en) 1979-12-06
US4207119A (en) 1980-06-10
CA1118877A (en) 1982-02-23

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