Photovoltaic devices comprising cadmium stannate transparent conducting films and method for making

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:872381

Wu, Xuanzhi ^[1]; Coutts, Timothy J ^[2]; Sheldon, Peter ^[2]; Rose, Douglas H ^[1]

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1. Golden, CO
2. Lakewood, CO

A photovoltaic device having a substrate, a layer of Cd.sub.2 SnO.sub.4 disposed on said substrate as a front contact, a thin film comprising two or more layers of semiconductor materials disposed on said layer of Cd.sub.2 SnO.sub.4, and an electrically conductive film disposed on said thin film of semiconductor materials to form a rear electrical contact to said thin film. The device is formed by RF sputter coating a Cd.sub.2 SnO.sub.4 layer onto a substrate, depositing a thin film of semiconductor materials onto the layer of Cd.sub.2 SnO.sub.4, and depositing an electrically conductive film onto the thin film of semiconductor materials.

• Research Organization: Midwest Research Institute, Kansas City, MO (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-83CH10093
• Assignee: Midwest Research Institute ()
• Patent Number(s): US 5922142
• OSTI ID: 872381
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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