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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Scott Feldman-peabody, Golden, CO (US);
Bogdan Lita, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael Burnash Cozens, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Mehran Sadeghi, Kent, GB;
Yu Zhao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Renee Mary Whitney, Voorheesville, NY (US);
Scott Feldman-Peabody, Golden, CO (US);
Bogdan Lita, Boulder, CO (US);
Michael Burnash Cozens, Wheat Ridge, CO (US);
Mehran Sadeghi, Kent, GB;
Yu Zhao, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Renee Mary Whitney, Voorheesville, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods of making a photovoltaic (PV) cell are disclosed. The methods comprise at least the steps of, providing a first component comprising a cadmium telluride (CdTe) layer comprising an interfacial region, and subjecting the first component to a functionalizing treatment in the presence of a material comprising copper.