Semiconductor device, in particular solar cell

US9029690B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Q-CELLS SE · DE

Inventors

• Peter Engelhart · Zörbig, DE
• Robert Seguin · Berlin, DE
• Wilhelmus Mathijs Marie Kessels · Tilburg, NL
• Gijs Dingemans · Tilburg, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: May 31, 2011
• Grant date: May 12, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/52

Abstract

A semiconductor device, in particular a solar cell, comprises a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor substrate surface and a passivation composed of at least one passivation layer which surface-passivates the semiconductor substrate surface, wherein the passivation layer comprises a compound composed of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride or aluminum oxynitride and at least one further element.