First Solar, Inc.

Jigish Trivedi

Rick C Powell

Zhibo Zhao

Feng Liao

Markus Gloeckler

Dan Damjanovic

Benjamin Milliron

Rui Shao

Kenneth Ring

Andrei Los

Aaron Roggelin

Gopal Mor

Dan Mao

Thomas Truman

Imran Khan

Daniel Damjanovic

Benyamin Buller

Arnold Allenic

Zhigang Ban

Xilin Peng

Oleh Petro Karpenko

Stephen P Murphy

James Ernest Hinkle

Weixin Li

Sreenivas Jayaraman

Long Cheng

Scott Jacoby

Chong Lim

Jing Guo

Jianjun Wang

Oomman K Varghese

Michael Sweet

Richard Malik

Christopher Dirubio

A photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and at least one Se-containing layer, such as a CdSeTe layer. A process for manufacturing the photovoltaic device includes forming the CdSeTe layer over a substrate by at least one of sputtering, evaporation deposition, CVD, chemical bath deposition process, and vapor transport deposition process. The process can also include controlling a thickness range of the Se-containing layer.

Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing

A photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and a p-type semiconductor absorber layer. A photovoltaic device may include a CdSeTe layer. A process for manufacturing a photovoltaic device includes forming a CdSeTe layer over a substrate. The process includes forming a p-type cadmium selenide telluride absorber layer.

Photovoltaic device including a p-n junction and method of manufacturing

A photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and a p-type semiconductor absorber layer, the substrate structure including a CdSSe layer. A photovoltaic device may alternatively include a CdSeTe layer. A process for manufacturing a photovoltaic device includes forming a CdSSe layer over a substrate by at least one of sputtering, evaporation deposition, CVD, chemical bath deposition process, and vapor transport deposition process. The process includes forming a p-type absorber layer above the CdSSe layer.

A photovoltaic device is disclosed including at least one Cadmium Sulfide Telluride (CdSTe) layer as are methods of forming such a photovoltaic device.

High efficiency photovoltaic device employing cadmium sulfide telluride and method of manufacture

Photovoltaic device including a P-N junction and method of manufacturing

An apparatus and a method for testing and/or conditioning photovoltaic modules. The apparatus includes a set of contacts for contacting electrical conductors of the module and a testing and/or conditioning system for testing and/or conditioning of the module and measuring parameters associated therewith.

Method and apparatus for electrically accessing photovoltaic modules

A completed photovoltaic device and method forming it are described in which fluxing of a window layer into an absorber layer is mitigated by the presence of a sacrificial fluxing layer.

Method of reducing semiconductor window layer loss during thin film photovoltaic device fabrication, and resulting device structure

A photovoltaic device including a protective layer between a window layer and an absorber layer, the protective layer inhibiting dissolving/intermixing of the window layer into the absorber layer during a device activation step, and methods of forming such photovoltaic devices.

Photovoltaic device with protective layer over a window layer and method of manufacture of the same

A apparatus and method for manufacturing a photovoltaic module includes components for heating the module and applying an electrical bias to the module to improve photovoltaic module performance and manufacture multiple photovoltaic modules with similar performance.

Electrical bias methods and apparatus for photovoltaic device manufacture

The present invention relates to methods for cleaning semiconductors used in photovoltaic cells and modules, and methods for manufacturing p-n junctions for photovoltaic cells and modules. More particularly, the method comprises providing at least one semiconductor layer of a photovoltaic module and scrubbing the surface of the least one semiconductor layer in the presence of a chemical solution.

Photovoltaic module cleaner

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Perrysburg, OH, United States of America

Jigish Trivedi