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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1994
Keishi Saitoh, Nagahama, JP;
Tatsuyuki Aoike, Nagahama, JP;
Yasushi Fujioka, Nagahama, JP;
Masafumi Sano, Nagahama, JP;
Mitsuyuki Niwa, Nagahama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pin type photovoltaic element having an electroconductive substrate and a cell stacked with an n-type semiconductor layer, an i-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor, all composed of a non-single crystal material containing silicon, and featuring an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer composed of non-single material containing silicon atoms as the matrix and atoms of elements belonging to Group IIIA and VA of the periodic table is between the i-type conductor layer and the p-type conductor layer or the n-type semiconductor layer. The intermediate layer may contain carbon atoms and/or germanium atoms.