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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Tsmc Solar Ltd., Taichung, TW;
Inventors:
Chi-Yu Chiang, Taoyuan, TW;
Yung-Sheng Chiu, Fuxing Township, TW;
Wen-Tsai Yen, Caotun Township, TW;
Assignee:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0463 (2014.01); H01L 31/0749 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022466 (2013.01); H01L 31/0463 (2014.12); H01L 31/0749 (2013.01); H01L 31/1884 (2013.01); Y02E 10/541 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solar cell device with improved performance and a method of fabricating the same is described. The solar cell includes a back contact layer formed on a substrate, an absorber layer formed on the back contact layer, a buffer layer formed on the absorber layer, and a front contact layer formed by depositing a transparent conductive oxide layer on the buffer layer and annealing the deposited TCO layer.