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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Saint-Gobain Glass France, Courbevoie, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/100 ; H01L 3/10272 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 3/100 ; H01L 3/10272 ;
Abstract
A thin-film solar cell and a method of producing a thin-film solar cell. The thin-film solar cell includes an absorber layer and at least one transparent window electrode. The window electrode is produced with a first metal-based thin-film, which receives an anti-reflection treatment, at least on the side of which the light is incident. Further, at least one first highly light-refracting oxide or nitride layer is provided between the absorbent layer and the first metallic layer. As a result, conductivity of the electrode window is improved and, at the same time, a thickness compared to conductivity of the window electrode is reduced.