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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Ouchida, Kitakatsuragi-gun, JP;
Hitoshi Sannomiya, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/104 ; H01L 3/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/104 ; H01L 3/118 ;
Abstract
A thin-film solar cell including a transparent electrode layer, a semiconductor photovoltaic conversion layer, a rear transparent electrode layer and a rear reflective metal layer, said layers being formed in this order on a transparent substrate, wherein the rear transparent electrode has a two-layer structure of an ITO or ZnO:Ga layer and a ZnO:Al layer formed in this order on the semiconductor photovoltaic conversion layer.