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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
May. 04, 2017
Applicant:
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Yong Liang, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Jinbo Cao, Perrysburg, OH (US);
William Hullinger Huber, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/032 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0321 (2013.01); H01L 31/022466 (2013.01); H01L 31/022475 (2013.01); H01L 31/022483 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01); Y02P 70/50 (2015.11);
Abstract
A photovoltaic device is presented. The photovoltaic device includes a buffer layer disposed on a transparent conductive oxide layer; a window layer disposed on the buffer layer; and an interlayer interposed between the transparent conductive oxide layer and the window layer. The interlayer includes a metal species, wherein the metal species includes gadolinium, beryllium, calcium, barium, strontium, scandium, yttrium, hafnium, cerium, lutetium, lanthanum, or combinations thereof. A method of making a photovoltaic device is also presented.