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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Long Cheng, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Akhlesh Gupta, Sylvania, OH (US);
Anke Abken, Whitehouse, OH (US);
Benyamin Buller, Sylvania, OH (US);
Inventors:
Long Cheng, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Akhlesh Gupta, Sylvania, OH (US);
Anke Abken, Whitehouse, OH (US);
Benyamin Buller, Sylvania, OH (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0296 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 31/022425 (2013.01); H01L 31/022466 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/1884 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic device can include an intrinsic metal layer adjacent to a semiconductor absorber layer; and a doped metal contact layer adjacent to the intrinsic metal layer, where the doped metal contact layer includes a metal base material and a dopant.