Amorphous silicon solar cell

Patent · Mon Jan 07 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5749885

Kausche, H; Fischer, F; Moeller, M

Solar cells having a semiconductor body composed of amorphous silicon which is applied to a substrate coated at least at one surface thereof with aluminum, functioning as a back contact. Recrystallization is prevented by alloying silicon or silicon/titanium into the aluminum layer so that the amounts of silicon within the alloy is, in preferred embodiments, about 1.3% by weight and, with the presence of 0.1% by weight titanium, is at about 1.2% by weight.

• Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Germany, Federal Republic of)
• Patent Number(s): US 4492813
• OSTI ID: 5749885
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140501* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Photovoltaic Conversion
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
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ALUMINIUM
AMORPHOUS STATE
CRYSTALLIZATION
DEPOSITION
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
MATERIALS
METALLURGICAL EFFECTS
METALS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
SEMIMETALS
SILICON
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SUBSTRATES
SURFACE COATING
TITANIUM
TRANSITION ELEMENTS