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Amorphous silicon semiconductor solar cell
Assignee: Tonen General Sekiyu KK
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Filing: 1987-01-27
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Granted: 1988-04-19
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Expires: 2007-01-27
Abstract
Abstract This invention disclose an amorphous silicon semiconductor film containing at least hydrogen, carbon and oxygen as impurities and the method to produce it. The film is characterized in that the total quantity of carbon and oxygen in said film is at least 0.1 atom %. Since the film has small light absorption coefficient and its optical refractive index is controllable, an excellent window material for solar cell can be provided. Since adherence of the film with a metal electrode as well as with a transparent electrode is sufficient, good reproducibility in making solar cells using the film of this invention as a window material was realized.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshihiko Yoshida
- 👤 Mitsuo Matsumura
- 👤 Hideo Yamamoto
- 👤 Kunio Asai
- 👤 Osamu Nakamura
- 👤 Yoshinobu Okayasu
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 11:01
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10F; H10F71/00; H10F71/10; H10F71/103; H10F10/00; H10F10/10; H10F10/17; H10F77/00; H10F77/10; H10F77/16; H10F77/162; H10F77/166; H10F77/1662; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E10/00; Y02E10/50; Y02E10/548; Y02P; Y02P70/00; Y02P70/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A P-I-N type amorphous semiconductor solar cell including an amorphous silicon semiconductor film, wherein said amorphous silicon semiconductor film comprises at least hydrogen, carbon and oxygen as impurities and has a refractive index of 2.0-3.4, wherein the total quantity of carbon and oxygen in the amorphous silicon semiconductor film is at least 0.1 atom%, wherein said film comprises a A or an n layer thereof and said film comprises a window layer of said solar cell.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
76 words
A P-I-N type amorphous semiconductor solar cell including an amorphous silicon semiconductor film, wherein said amorphous silicon semiconductor film comprises at least hydrogen, carbon and oxygen as impurities and has a refractive index of 2.0-3.4, wherein the total quantity of carbon and oxygen in the amorphous silicon semiconductor film is at least 0.1 atom%, wherein said film comprises a A or an n layer thereof and said film comprises a window layer of said solar cell.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The amorphous silicon semiconductor solar cell of claim 1, wherein said window layer is an n-type semiconductor comprising at least one dopant element selected from the elements in Group V of the Periodic Table.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The amorphous silicon semiconductor solar cell of claim 1, wherein said window layer is a p-type semiconductor comprising at least one dopant element selected from the elements in Group III of the Periodic Table.
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