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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2014
First Solar Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Kulim, MY;
Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, Schenectady, NY (US);
Qunjian Huang, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yiteng Jin, Schenectady, NY (US);
Qianqian Xin, Schenectady, NY (US);
First Solar Malaysia SDN. BHD., Kulim, MY;
Abstract
A photovoltaic device includes a support layer; a first layer comprising cadmium, tellurium and copper and being of n-type; a second layer comprising cadmium, tellurium and copper and being of p-type; and a transparent conductive oxide layer. A method for making a photovoltaic device includes providing a stack comprising a cadmium and tellurium comprising layer and a copper comprising layer on the cadmium and tellurium comprising layer; and thermally annealing the stack to form a first layer and a second layer each comprising cadmium, tellurium and copper, the first layer being of n-type, the second layer being of p-type.