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Photovoltaic device with crystalline layer

US8741687B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

First Solar, Inc. · US

Inventors

Zhibo Zhao · Ann Arbor, US
Dale Roberts · Temperance, US
Yu Yang · Perrysburg, US
Douglas Dauson · Perrysburg, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 16, 2011
Grant date	Jun 3, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for manufacturing a multilayered structure may include forming a transparent conductive oxide layer including cadmium stannate adjacent to a substrate and annealing the structure in an annealing environment including a reducing agent at a temperature greater than 500 degrees C. to crystallize the cadmium stannate.

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