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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Jinbo Cao, Rexford, NY (US);
Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, Schenectady, NY (US);
Dalong Zhong, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Juan Carlos Rojo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Qianqian Xin, Shanghai, CN;
Aharon Yakimov, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Hongying Peng, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Jinbo Cao, Rexford, NY (US);
Bastiaan Arie Korevaar, Schenectady, NY (US);
Dalong Zhong, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Juan Carlos Rojo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Qianqian Xin, Shanghai, CN;
Aharon Yakimov, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Hongying Peng, Clifton Park, NY (US);
First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A photovoltaic device is presented. The photovoltaic device includes a transparent conductive layer; a window layer disposed on the transparent conductive layer; and an absorber layer disposed on the window layer. The window layer includes a low-diffusivity layer disposed adjacent to the transparent conductive layer and a high-diffusivity layer interposed between the low-diffusivity layer and the absorber layer. Method of making a photovoltaic device is also presented.