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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2010
Applicants:
Gang Xiong, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Ricky C. Powell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Roggelin, Millbury, OH (US);
Kuntal Kumar, Sylvania, OH (US);
Arnold Allenic, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kenneth M. Ring, Waterville, OH (US);
Charles Wickersham, Columbus, OH (US);
Inventors:
Gang Xiong, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Ricky C. Powell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Aaron Roggelin, Millbury, OH (US);
Kuntal Kumar, Sylvania, OH (US);
Arnold Allenic, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kenneth M. Ring, Waterville, OH (US);
Charles Wickersham, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method to improve CdTe-based photovoltaic device efficiency is disclosed. The CdTe-based photovoltaic device can include oxygen or silicon in semiconductor layers.