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Patent No.:

US 9640679 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2011

Photovoltaic device with oxide layer

Applicants:

Benyamin Buller, Sylvania, OH (US);

Markus Gloeckler, Perrysburg, OH (US);

Rui Shao, Sylvania, OH (US);

Yu Yang, Perrysburg, OH (US);

Zhibo Zhao, Novi, MI (US);

Chungho Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Benyamin Buller, Sylvania, OH (US);

Markus Gloeckler, Perrysburg, OH (US);

Rui Shao, Sylvania, OH (US);

Yu Yang, Perrysburg, OH (US);

Zhibo Zhao, Novi, MI (US);

Chungho Lee, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

FIRST SOLAR, INC., Perrysburg, OH (US);

Attorney:

Blank Rome LLP

Primary Examiner:

Eric R Smith

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0224 (2006.01); H01L 31/0296 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); C23C 14/08 (2006.01); C23C 14/58 (2006.01); C23C 16/40 (2006.01); C03C 17/245 (2006.01); C03C 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/022466 (2013.01); C03C 17/2453 (2013.01); C03C 17/3417 (2013.01); C23C 14/086 (2013.01); C23C 14/5806 (2013.01); C23C 16/407 (2013.01); H01L 31/0296 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/1828 (2013.01); H01L 31/1884 (2013.01); C03C 2217/232 (2013.01); C03C 2217/94 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01); Y02P 70/521 (2015.11);
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device may include concurrently transforming a transparent conductive oxide layer from a substantially amorphous state to a substantially crystalline state and forming one or more semiconductor layers.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Buller, Benyamin. (2017). Photovoltaic device with oxide layer (U.S. Patent No. 9640679). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9640679

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