Reverse stack structures for thin-film photovoltaic cells

US8993370B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ZETTA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LLC—AQT SERIES · US

Inventors

• Mariana Rodica Munteanu · Santa Clara, US
• Amith Kumar Murali · Fremont, US
• Kirk Hayes · San Francisco, US
• Brian Josef Bartholomeusz · Pittsford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2015
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes depositing a photoactive layer onto a first substrate, depositing a contact layer onto the photoactive layer, attaching a second substrate onto the contact layer, and removing the first substrate from the photoactive layer, contact layer, and second substrate.