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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, Llc, Golden, CO (US);
Inventor:
Timothy A. Gessert, Conifer, CO (US);
Assignee:
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, Golden, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/0392 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01J 37/34 (2006.01); H01L 21/02 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022441 (2013.01); H01J 37/3429 (2013.01); H01L 31/022425 (2013.01); H01L 31/022466 (2013.01); H01L 31/03925 (2013.01); H01L 31/1828 (2013.01); H01L 21/02562 (2013.01); H01L 31/02963 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include CdS/CdTe PV devices () having a back contact () with oxygen gettering capacity. Also disclosed are back contact structures () and methods of forming a back contact in a CdS/CdTe PV device (). The described contacts and methods feature a contact having a contact interface layer () comprising a contact interface material, a p-type dopant and a gettering metal.