Photovoltaic devices including Mg-doped semiconductor films

US8334455B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• First Solar, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Akhlesh Gupta · Sylvania, US
• Rick C. Powell · Ann Arbor, US
• David Eaglesham · Perrysburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 22, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 18, 2012
• Expiry date: May 19, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P70/50

Abstract

A photovoltaic cell can include a dopant in contact with a semiconductor layer.