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Photovoltaic device and process for producing the same

US6242686A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 11, 1999
Grant dateJun 5, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02P70/50

Abstract

A photovoltaic device have a pin junction of a p-layer, an i-layer and an n-layer, wherein the p-layer includes a first p-layer and a second p-layer thereover, the first p-layer having a thickness of 5 nm or less and being uniformly doped with a p-type impurity, and the second p-layer being formed by decomposition of a gas which does not positively incorporate a p-type impurity.

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