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Title: Hexagonal phase epitaxial cadmium sulfide on copper indium gallium selenide for a photovoltaic junction

Abstract

A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic structure includes forming a p-type semiconductor absorber layer containing a copper indium gallium selenide based material over a first electrode, forming a n-type cadmium sulfide layer over the p-type semiconductor absorber layer by sputtering in an ambient including hydrogen gas and oxygen gas, and forming a second electrode over the cadmium sulfide layer.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Beijing Apollo Ding Rong Solar Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing (China); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1600169
Patent Number(s):
10,446,706
Application Number:
15/153,478
Assignee:
Beijing Apollo Ding Rong Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (Beijing, CN); Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
DOE Contract Number:  
CPS 25853
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 05/12/2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Mackie, Neil M., Zapalac, Jr., Geordie H., Zhang, Weijie, Corson, John F., He, Xiaoqing, Rockett, Angus A., Varley, Joel, and Lordi, Vincenzo. Hexagonal phase epitaxial cadmium sulfide on copper indium gallium selenide for a photovoltaic junction. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Mackie, Neil M., Zapalac, Jr., Geordie H., Zhang, Weijie, Corson, John F., He, Xiaoqing, Rockett, Angus A., Varley, Joel, & Lordi, Vincenzo. Hexagonal phase epitaxial cadmium sulfide on copper indium gallium selenide for a photovoltaic junction. United States.
Mackie, Neil M., Zapalac, Jr., Geordie H., Zhang, Weijie, Corson, John F., He, Xiaoqing, Rockett, Angus A., Varley, Joel, and Lordi, Vincenzo. 2019. "Hexagonal phase epitaxial cadmium sulfide on copper indium gallium selenide for a photovoltaic junction". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1600169.
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abstractNote = {A method of manufacturing a photovoltaic structure includes forming a p-type semiconductor absorber layer containing a copper indium gallium selenide based material over a first electrode, forming a n-type cadmium sulfide layer over the p-type semiconductor absorber layer by sputtering in an ambient including hydrogen gas and oxygen gas, and forming a second electrode over the cadmium sulfide layer.},
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