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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus J Bachmann, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Hans-Joachim Lewerenz, Berlin, DE;
Maria T Menezes, Tewksbury, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
429111 ; 204 / ;
Abstract
Photovoltaic devices are fabricated by forming a thin passivating layer, for example, an oxide layer on a semiconductor material. The passivating layer on the semiconductor material is then contacted with an electrolyte such as an electrolyte containing vanadium ions. The resulting electrolyte/passivating layer/semiconductor (EPLS) structure exhibits excellent solar conversion efficiencies and good stability.