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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2012
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

First Solar, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01); H01L 31/0749 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/0749 (2013.01); Y02E 10/541 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
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.


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