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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2009
Puthur D. Paulson, San Jose, CA (US);
Charlie Hotz, Mountain View, CA (US);
Craig Leidholm, San Jose, CA (US);
Damoder Reddy, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Puthur D. Paulson, San Jose, CA (US);
Charlie Hotz, Mountain View, 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 absorber layer and the window layer to create improved junctions. The present invention also discloses methods for making and surface treatments for thin film photovoltaic devices comprising Group II-VI semiconductor layers with a substrate configuration to create devices with improved junctions.