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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2009
Charlie Hotz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Puthur D. Paulson, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig Leidholm, San Jose, CA (US);
Damoder Reddy, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Charlie Hotz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Puthur D. Paulson, San Jose, CA (US);
Craig Leidholm, San Jose, CA (US);
Damoder Reddy, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Solexant Corp., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses thin film photovoltaic devices comprising Group II-VI semiconductor layers with a substrate configuration having an interface layer between the back electrode and the absorber layer capable of creating an ohmic contact in the device. The present invention discloses thin film photovoltaic devices comprising Group II-VI semiconductor layers with a superstrate configuration having an interface layer between the back electrode and the absorber layer capable of creating an ohmic contact in the device where the interface layer comprises nanoparticles or nanoparticles that are sintered.