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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Applicants:
Noboru Nakamura, Uji, JP;
Mikio Taguchi, Hirakata, JP;
Kunihiro Kawamoto, Higashiosaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/15 (2006.01); H01L 31/12 (2006.01); H01L 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a photovoltaic device comprising a thin intrinsic amorphous semiconductor film inserted in a junction portion of a crystalline semiconductor substrate and an amorphous semiconductor film which have conductive types reverse to each other, an optical band gap of the intrinsic amorphous semiconductor film is expanded on a side in contact with the amorphous semiconductor film.