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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Applicant:
Markus Gloeckler, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventor:
Markus Gloeckler, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01); H01L 31/0392 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/1864 (2013.01); H01L 31/02963 (2013.01); H01L 31/022466 (2013.01); H01L 31/03925 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/1828 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract
Described herein is a method of using the buffer layer of a transparent conductive substrate as a dopant source for the n-type window layer of a photovoltaic device. The dopant source of the buffer layer distributes to the window layer of the photovoltaic device during semiconductor processing. Described herein are also methods of manufacturing embodiments of the substrate structure and photovoltaic device. Disclosed embodiments also describe a photovoltaic module and a photovoltaic structure with a plurality of photovoltaic devices having an embodiment of the substrate structure.