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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2006
Kazuo Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Taneda, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Fukawa, Yokohama, JP;
Nobutaka Aomine, Yokohama, JP;
Mika Kambe, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Taneda, Yokohama, JP;
Makoto Fukawa, Yokohama, JP;
Nobutaka Aomine, Yokohama, JP;
Mika Kambe, Yokohama, JP;
Asahi Glass Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A substrate with a transparent conductive oxide film (especially a substrate with a transparent conductive oxide film useful as a substrate for a thin-film silicon-based solar cell) being excellent in mass production efficiency and being characterized by having a low resistance, a high transparency and a good light scattering performance over a full wavelength region (300 nm to 3 μm) of solar ray, a process for its production, and a photoelectric-conversion element (especially, solar cell) employing the substrate, are presented. A substrate with a transparent conductive oxide film, comprising a substrate and a transparent conductive oxide layer formed on the substrate and constituted by a plurality of ridges and a plurality of flat portions, wherein the surfaces of the ridges and the flat portions, have many continuous micron-size protrusions.