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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Atsushi Yasuno, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1078 ; H01L 3/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/1078 ; H01L 3/104 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a photovoltaic device comprising an electricity generating layer including at least one p/n type junction, the layer comprising a silicon-based non-single-crystalline semiconductor material, wherein a nitrogen concentration has a maximum peak at the junction interface of the p/n type junction, and the nitrogen concentration at the maximum peak is within a range from 1×10 atom/cm to 1×10 atom/cm , thereby providing a photovoltaic device of high photoelectric conversion efficiency and high reliability.