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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
First Solar, Inc, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Inventors:
Arnold Allenic, San Jose, CA (US);
Zhigang Ban, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Benyamin Buller, Sylvania, OH (US);
Markus Gloeckler, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Benjamin Milliron, Toledo, OH (US);
Xilin Peng, Bloomington, MN (US);
Rick C. Powell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jigish Trivedi, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Oomman K. Varghese, Houston, TX (US);
Jianjun Wang, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Zhibo Zhao, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
First Solar, Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0296 (2006.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/0392 (2006.01); H01L 31/073 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0296 (2013.01); H01L 31/02963 (2013.01); H01L 31/02966 (2013.01); H01L 31/03925 (2013.01); H01L 31/073 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 31/1832 (2013.01); Y02E 10/543 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photovoltaic device is disclosed including at least one Cadmium Sulfide Telluride (CdSTe) layer as are methods of forming such a photovoltaic device.