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Method of reducing semiconductor window layer loss during thin film photovoltaic device fabrication, and resulting device structure

US9437760B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

First Solar, Inc. · US

Inventors

Daniel Damjanovic · Perrysburg, US
Rick C. Powell · Ann Arbor, US
Jigish Trivedi · Boise, US
Zhibo Zhao · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 13, 2014
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 21, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P70/50
WIPO fieldSemiconductors
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A completed photovoltaic device and method forming it are described in which fluxing of a window layer into an absorber layer is mitigated by the presence of a sacrificial fluxing layer.

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