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Patent No.:

US 9166077 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2011

Thin film solar cell

Applicants:

Hideki Hakuma, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroki Sugimoto, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshiaki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hideki Hakuma, Tokyo, JP;

Hiroki Sugimoto, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshiaki Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Solar Frontier K. K., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jeffrey T Barton

Assistant Examiner:

Meisha Binkley

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/032 (2006.01); H01L 31/0392 (2006.01); H01L 31/056 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022433 (2013.01); H01L 31/022425 (2013.01); H01L 31/0322 (2013.01); H01L 31/03923 (2013.01); H01L 31/056 (2014.12); Y02E 10/52 (2013.01); Y02E 10/541 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a thin-film solar cell which has a high photoelectric conversion efficiency and is provided with a substrate (), a backside surface electrode layer () formed on the substrate (), a p-type light-absorbing layer () formed on the backside surface electrode layer (), and an n-type transparent conductive film () formed on the p-type light-absorbing layer (). Voids () are formed at the interface of the backside surface electrode layer () and the p-type light-absorbing layer ().

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hakuma, Hideki. (2015). Thin film solar cell (U.S. Patent No. 9166077). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9166077

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