Solar cell having a chalcopyrite absorber layer

US5676766A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Volker Probst · Berlin, DE
• Franz Karg · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 1996
• Grant date: Oct 14, 1997
• Expiry date: Mar 26, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/541

Abstract

A solar cell has a chalcopyrite absorber layer that is applied on the substrate side over an adhesive layer which is chosen from chromium, titanium, tantalum, and titanium nitride.