Multijunction photovoltaic device and fabrication method

Title: Multijunction photovoltaic device and fabrication method

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A multijunction photovoltaic device includes first and second amorphous silicon PIN photovoltaic cells in a stacked arrangement. An interface layer, composed of a doped silicon compound, is disposed between the two cells and has a lower bandgap than the respective n- and p-type adjacent layers of the first and second cells. The interface layer forms an ohmic contact with the one or the adjacent cell layers of the same conductivity type, and a tunnel junction with the other of the adjacent cell layers. The disclosed device is fabricated by a glow discharge process.

Inventors:

Arya, Rajeewa R ^[1]; Catalano, Anthony W ^[2]

Jamison, PA
Furlong, PA

Issue Date:: 1993-09-21

OSTI Identifier:: 868930

Patent Number(s):: 5246506

Application Number:: 07/730,177

Assignee:: Solarex Corporation (Rockville, MD)

DOE Contract Number:: ZM-1-19033-3

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: multijunction; photovoltaic; device; fabrication; method; amorphous; silicon; cells; stacked; arrangement; interface; layer; composed; doped; compound; disposed; bandgap; respective; n-; p-type; adjacent; layers; forms; ohmic; contact; cell; conductivity; type; tunnel; junction; disclosed; fabricated; glow; discharge; process; silicon compound; multijunction photovoltaic; fabrication method; tunnel junction; photovoltaic cells; amorphous silicon; glow discharge; photovoltaic device; ohmic contact; photovoltaic cell; adjacent cell; doped silicon; conductivity type; adjacent layers; stacked arrangement; interface layer; cell layer; layer forms; discharge process; /136/438/

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  abstractNote = {A multijunction photovoltaic device includes first and second amorphous silicon PIN photovoltaic cells in a stacked arrangement. An interface layer, composed of a doped silicon compound, is disposed between the two cells and has a lower bandgap than the respective n- and p-type adjacent layers of the first and second cells. The interface layer forms an ohmic contact with the one or the adjacent cell layers of the same conductivity type, and a tunnel junction with the other of the adjacent cell layers. The disclosed device is fabricated by a glow discharge process.},

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