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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Hirofumi Ichinose, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Hasebe, Nagahama, JP;
Tsutomu Murakami, Nara, JP;
Satoshi Shinkura, Nagahama, JP;
Yukie Ueno, Nara, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing a photovoltaic element, said process comprising the steps of: providing a photovoltaic element comprising a lower electrode layer comprising a metallic layer comprising aluminum or an aluminum compound and a transparent and electrically conductive layer, a photoelectric conversion semiconductor layer, and a transparent electrode layer stacked in the named order on an electrically conductive surface of a substrate, and immersing said photovoltaic element in an electrolyte solution to passivate an short-circuited current path defect present in said photovoltaic element by the action of an electric field, wherein said electrolyte solution has a chlorine ion content of 0.03 mol/l or less.