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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2009
Mitsuru Ichikawa, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Fumiyasu Sezaki, Takasago, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Kobe, JP;
Kaneka Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a transparent electroconductive oxide layer having a high transmittance and a high electroconductivity and further a thin-film photoelectric converter having a high photoelectric conversion efficiency by applying the transparent electroconductive oxide layer to a transparent electrode layer of a photoelectric converter. The transparent electroconductive oxide layer in the present invention is deposited on a transparent substrate with a first and a second impurities contained in the transparent electroconductive oxide layer, especially in the vicinity of a surface of the layer in a higher concentration, and carbon atoms contained in the vicinity of the surface of the layer, thereby achieving a high transmittance and a high electroconductivity simultaneously and thus solving the problem.