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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsuyuki Niwa, Nagahama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437-2 ; 437-4 ; 437181 ; 20419229 ;
Abstract
A solar cell has a semiconductor layer sandwiched between first and second electrodes, wherein a zinc oxide layer containing carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms, or carbon and nitrogen atoms is located between the semiconductor layer and at least one of the first and second electrodes. The density of carbon atoms, nitrogen atoms, or carbon and nitrogen atoms in the zinc oxide layer is constant or continuously changed within the range of 5 atm % or less.