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Photovoltaic device

US7705235B2 · kind B2 · utility

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27Claims

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Assignees

IMEC · BE
FernUniversitat Hagen · DE

Inventors

Renat Bilyalov · Tielt-Winge, BE
Alexander Ulyashin · Hagen, DE
Jef Poortmans · Kessel-Lo, BE
Wolfgang Fahrner · Gundelfingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 8, 2003
Grant date	Apr 27, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 8, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/548

Abstract

The present invention is related to a photovoltaic device, the device comprising a first layer of a first semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, a second layer of a second semiconductor material of the opposite conductivity type of the first layer, and a third layer of a third porous semiconductor material situated between the first layer and the second layer. The present invention also provides a method for producing the photovoltaic device.

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