Hole blocking, electron transporting and window layer for optimized CuIn(1−x)Ga(x)Se2 solar cells

Dissanayake, Nanditha M.; Eisaman, Matthew; Ashraf, Ahsan; Goroff, Nancy; Ang, Xiuzhu

Title: Hole blocking, electron transporting and window layer for optimized CuIn(1−x)Ga(x)Se2 solar cells

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Thin-film photovoltaic devices and methods of their use and manufacture are disclosed. More particularly, polycrystalline CuIn(1-x)GaxSe2 (CIGS) based thin-film photovoltaic devices having independently tunable sublayers are disclosed. Also provided are methods of producing an n-doped graphene.

Inventors:: Dissanayake, Nanditha M.; Eisaman, Matthew; Ashraf, Ahsan; Goroff, Nancy; Ang, Xiuzhu

Issue Date:: 2019-06-25

Research Org.:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1568534

Patent Number(s):: 10333017

Application Number:: 15/127,996

Assignee:: Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC (Upton, NY); The Research Foundation of State University of New York (Stony Brook, NY)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/03923 - {including AIBIIICVI compound materials, e.g. CIS, CIGS}
H01L31/022441 - {Electrode arrangements specially adapted for back-contact solar cells}
H01L51/0046 - {Fullerenes, e.g. C60, C70}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/549 - organic PV cells
Y02E10/547 - Monocrystalline silicon PV cells

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/03928 - {including AIBIIICVI compound, e.g. CIS, CIGS deposited on metal or polymer foils}
H01L51/0045 - {Carbon containing materials, e.g. carbon nanotubes, fullerenes
H01L31/028 - including, apart from doping material or other impurities, only elements of Group IV of the Periodic System

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/541 - CuInSe2 material PV cells

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/02167 - {for solar cells}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
Y02P70/50 - Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L51/4213 - {Comprising organic semiconductor-inorganic semiconductor hetero-junctions
H01L31/0749 - including a AIBIIICVI compound, e.g. CdS/CulnSe2 [CIS] heterojunction solar cells
H01L31/18 - Processes or apparatus peculiar to the manufacture or treatment of these devices or of parts thereof
H01L51/0072 - {comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ringsystem, e.g. phenanthroline, carbazole}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC02-98CH10886; SC0012704

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 03/20/2015

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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                    Dissanayake, Nanditha M., Eisaman, Matthew, Ashraf, Ahsan, Goroff, Nancy, and Ang, Xiuzhu. Hole blocking, electron transporting and window layer for optimized CuIn(1−x)Ga(x)Se2 solar cells.  United States: N. p., 2019. 
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                    Dissanayake, Nanditha M., Eisaman, Matthew, Ashraf, Ahsan, Goroff, Nancy, & Ang, Xiuzhu. Hole blocking, electron transporting and window layer for optimized CuIn(1−x)Ga(x)Se2 solar cells.  United States.

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                    Dissanayake, Nanditha M., Eisaman, Matthew, Ashraf, Ahsan, Goroff, Nancy, and Ang, Xiuzhu. Tue .  
        "Hole blocking, electron transporting and window layer for optimized CuIn(1−x)Ga(x)Se2 solar cells".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1568534.

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  title        = {Hole blocking, electron transporting and window layer for optimized CuIn(1−x)Ga(x)Se2 solar cells},

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  abstractNote = {Thin-film photovoltaic devices and methods of their use and manufacture are disclosed. More particularly, polycrystalline CuIn(1-x)GaxSe2 (CIGS) based thin-film photovoltaic devices having independently tunable sublayers are disclosed. Also provided are methods of producing an n-doped graphene.},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2019},

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