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Patent No.:

US 10062800 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2013

Photovoltaic devices and method of making

Applicant:

First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Holly Ann Blaydes, Burnt Hills, NY (US);

Kristian William Andreini, Burnt Hills, NY (US);

William Hullinger Huber, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Eugene Thomas Hinners, Gansevoort, NY (US);

Joseph John Shiang, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Yong Liang, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Jongwoo Choi, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Adam Fraser Halverson, Albany, NY (US);

Assignee:

First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorney:

MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

Primary Examiner:

Golam Mowla

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0272 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01); H01L 31/065 (2012.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1828 (2013.01); H01L 31/02966 (2013.01); H01L 31/022425 (2013.01); H01L 31/065 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/1832 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract

A photovoltaic device is presented. The photovoltaic device includes a layer stack; and an absorber layer is disposed on the layer stack. The absorber layer includes selenium, and an atomic concentration of selenium varies non-linearly across a thickness of the absorber layer. A method of making a photovoltaic device is also presented.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Blaydes, Holly. (2018). Photovoltaic devices and method of making (U.S. Patent No. 10062800). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10062800

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