Compensated amorphous silicon solar cell

Patent · Tue Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:7045429

Carlson, D E

An amorphous silicon solar cell incorporates a region of intrinsic hydrogenated amorphous silicon fabricated by a glow discharge wherein said intrinsic region is compensated by p-type dopants in an amount sufficient to reduce the space charge density of said region under illumination to about zero.

• Assignee: RCA Corp
• Patent Number(s): US 4217148
• OSTI ID: 7045429
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 18 Jun 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
SILICON SOLAR CELLS
DESIGN
AMORPHOUS STATE
ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS
FABRICATION
GLOW DISCHARGES
HYDROGENATION
LAYERS
SILICON
SPACE CHARGE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
SEMIMETALS
SOLAR CELLS
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
140501* - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion