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Compensated amorphous silicon solar cell

Patent ·
OSTI ID:863630
 [1]
  1. Yardley, PA
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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.

Research Organization:
RCA Labs., Princeton, NJ (USA)
Assignee:
RCA Corporation (New York, NY)
Patent Number(s):
US 4217148
OSTI ID:
863630
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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