High efficiency photovoltaic device employing cadmium sulfide telluride and method of manufacture

US9799784B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• First Solar, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Arnold Allenic · San Jose, US
• Zhigang Ban · Latrobe, US
• Benyamin Buller · Cupertino, US
• Markus Gloeckler · Perrysburg, US
• Benjamin Milliron · Toledo, US
• Xilin Peng · Bloomington, US
• Rick C. Powell · Ann Arbor, US
• Jigish Trivedi · Boise, US
• Oomman K. Varghese · State College, US
• Jianjun Wang · Troy, US
• Zhibo Zhao · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2014
• Grant date: Oct 24, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

A photovoltaic device is disclosed including at least one Cadmium Sulfide Telluride (CdSxTe1−x) layer as are methods of forming such a photovoltaic device.