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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kim W Mitchell, Granada Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
136258 ; 136256 ; 136260 ; 136264 ; 357 16 ; 357 30 ; 357 59 ; 357 65 ;
Abstract
A phosphorous doped layer of cadmium telluride is deposited onto a conductive window layer to form a thin film cadmium telluride solar cell. Back contacts to the solar cell are made by first depositing a layer of p conductivity type lead telluride upon the cadmium telluride and then depositing the metallic back contacts onto the lead telluride.