General Electric Company

First Solar, Inc.

Renee Mary Whitney

Scott Daniel Feldman-Peabody

Bastiaan Arie Korevaar

Yu Zhao

Faisal Razi Ahmad

Mehran Sadeghi

Bogdan Lita

Michael Burnash Cozens

In one aspect of the present invention, a photovoltaic device is provided. The photovoltaic device includes a transparent layer; a first porous layer disposed on the transparent layer, wherein the first porous layer comprises a plurality of pores extending through a thickness of the first porous layer; a first semiconductor material disposed in the plurality of pores to form a patterned first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first porous layer and the patterned first semiconductor layer, wherein the patterned first semiconductor layer is substantially transparent. Method of making a photovoltaic device is also provided.

Photovoltaic devices and method of making

Methods of making a photovoltaic (PV) cell are disclosed. The methods comprise at least the steps of, providing a first component comprising a cadmium telluride (CdTe) layer comprising an interfacial region, and subjecting the first component to a functionalizing treatment in the presence of a material comprising copper.

Method of making photovoltaic cell

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Renee Mary Whitney