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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Tsmc Solar Ltd., Taichung, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0216 (2014.01); H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 31/048 (2014.01); H01L 31/055 (2014.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/048 (2013.01); G02B 5/008 (2013.01); H01L 31/0232 (2013.01); H01L 31/02168 (2013.01); H01L 31/055 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar cell device and a method of fabricating the same are described. The method of fabricating a solar cell includes forming a photovoltaic substructure including a substrate, back contact, absorber and buffer, forming a transparent cover separate from the photovoltaic substructure including a transparent layer and a plasmonic nanostructured layer in contact with the transparent layer, and adhering the transparent cover on top of the photovoltaic substructure. The plasmonic nanostructured layer can include metal nanoparticles.