Thin film photovoltaic cells

Rothwarf, Allen

Title: Thin film photovoltaic cells

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Abstract

A solar cell has as its transparent electrical contact a grid made from a non-noble metal by providing a layer of copper oxide between the transparent electrical contact and the absorber-generator.

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Rothwarf, Allen ^[1]

Philadelphia, PA

Issue Date:: 1981-01-01

Research Org.:: Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 863887

Patent Number(s):: 4267398

Assignee:: University of Delaware (Newark, DE)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: 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

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

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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
Y02E10/50 - Photovoltaic [PV] energy

H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
H01L31/03365 - {comprising only Cu2X / CdX heterojunctions, X being an element of Group VI of the Periodic System}
H01L31/022425 - {for solar cells}

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DOE Contract Number:: AC03-77ET20430

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: film; photovoltaic; cells; solar; cell; transparent; electrical; contact; grid; non-noble; metal; providing; layer; copper; oxide; absorber-generator; transparent electrical; photovoltaic cells; copper oxide; electrical contact; solar cell; noble metal; film photovoltaic; photovoltaic cell; /136/

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