Compensated amorphous silicon solar cell

Carlson, David E

Title: Compensated amorphous silicon solar cell

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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.

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Carlson, David E ^[1]

Yardley, PA

Issue Date:: 1980-01-01

Research Org.:: RCA Labs., Princeton, NJ (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 863630

Patent Number(s):: 4217148

Assignee:: RCA Corporation (New York, 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
H01L31/07 - the potential barriers being only of the Schottky type
H01L31/075 - the potential barriers being only of the PIN type
H01L31/202 - {including 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
Y02E10/548 - Amorphous silicon PV 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

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DOE Contract Number:: EY-76-C-03-1286

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: compensated; amorphous; silicon; solar; cell; incorporates; region; intrinsic; hydrogenated; fabricated; glow; discharge; p-type; dopants; amount; sufficient; reduce; space; charge; density; illumination; zero; amorphous silicon; solar cell; hydrogenated amorphous; glow discharge; silicon solar; amount sufficient; p-type dopant; space charge; p-type dopants; type dopant; cell incorporates; intrinsic hydrogenated; type dopants; compensated amorphous; intrinsic region; /136/257/427/

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