GB0318906D0 - Thin film photo-voltaic device - Google Patents

Thin film photo-voltaic device

Info

Publication number
GB0318906D0
GB0318906D0 GB0318906A GB0318906A GB0318906D0 GB 0318906 D0 GB0318906 D0 GB 0318906D0 GB 0318906 A GB0318906 A GB 0318906A GB 0318906 A GB0318906 A GB 0318906A GB 0318906 D0 GB0318906 D0 GB 0318906D0
Authority
GB
United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
thin film
film photo
voltaic device
voltaic
photo
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Withdrawn
Application number
GB0318906A
Other versions
GB2405030A (en
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich ETHZ
Loughborough University
Original Assignee
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich ETHZ
Loughborough University
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich ETHZ, Loughborough University filed Critical Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich ETHZ
Priority to GB0318906A priority Critical patent/GB2405030A/en
Publication of GB0318906D0 publication Critical patent/GB0318906D0/en
Publication of GB2405030A publication Critical patent/GB2405030A/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

Links

Classifications

    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/06Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers
    • H01L31/075Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers the potential barriers being only of the PIN type, e.g. amorphous silicon PIN solar cells
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/02Details
    • H01L31/0224Electrodes
    • H01L31/022466Electrodes made of transparent conductive layers, e.g. TCO, ITO layers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01LSEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10
    • H01L31/00Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof
    • H01L31/04Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices
    • H01L31/06Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers
    • H01L31/075Semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiation and specially adapted either for the conversion of the energy of such radiation into electrical energy or for the control of electrical energy by such radiation; Processes or apparatus specially adapted for the manufacture or treatment thereof or of parts thereof; Details thereof adapted as photovoltaic [PV] conversion devices characterised by potential barriers the potential barriers being only of the PIN type, e.g. amorphous silicon PIN solar cells
    • H01L31/076Multiple junction or tandem solar cells
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/50Photovoltaic [PV] energy
    • Y02E10/548Amorphous silicon PV cells

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Condensed Matter Physics & Semiconductors (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Sustainable Development (AREA)
  • Sustainable Energy (AREA)
  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
GB0318906A 2003-08-13 2003-08-13 Bifacial thin film solar cell Withdrawn GB2405030A (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0318906A GB2405030A (en) 2003-08-13 2003-08-13 Bifacial thin film solar cell

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB0318906A GB2405030A (en) 2003-08-13 2003-08-13 Bifacial thin film solar cell

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
GB0318906D0 true GB0318906D0 (en) 2003-09-17
GB2405030A GB2405030A (en) 2005-02-16

Family

ID=28052358

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
GB0318906A Withdrawn GB2405030A (en) 2003-08-13 2003-08-13 Bifacial thin film solar cell

Country Status (1)

Country Link
GB (1) GB2405030A (en)

Families Citing this family (14)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8124870B2 (en) 2006-09-19 2012-02-28 Itn Energy System, Inc. Systems and processes for bifacial collection and tandem junctions using a thin-film photovoltaic device
JP2008112847A (en) 2006-10-30 2008-05-15 Shin Etsu Chem Co Ltd Process for manufacturing single crystal silicon solar cell and single crystal silicon solar cell
US8203073B2 (en) 2006-11-02 2012-06-19 Guardian Industries Corp. Front electrode for use in photovoltaic device and method of making same
US8012317B2 (en) * 2006-11-02 2011-09-06 Guardian Industries Corp. Front electrode including transparent conductive coating on patterned glass substrate for use in photovoltaic device and method of making same
US8076571B2 (en) 2006-11-02 2011-12-13 Guardian Industries Corp. Front electrode for use in photovoltaic device and method of making same
EP2028695A1 (en) * 2007-07-12 2009-02-25 Applied Materials, Inc. Method for creating a transparent conductible oxide coating
EP2242588A4 (en) * 2008-01-15 2017-08-16 First Solar, Inc Plasma-treated photovoltaic devices
CN101789458A (en) * 2010-02-26 2010-07-28 刘莹 Variable band gap double-side transparent electrode thin film solar battery
KR101046358B1 (en) 2010-04-16 2011-07-04 금호전기주식회사 Method for transparent contacts of solar cell
DE102010034904A1 (en) 2010-08-18 2012-02-23 Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Für Materialien Und Energie Gmbh Two-sided solar cell
DE202010017656U1 (en) 2010-08-18 2012-05-02 Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Für Materialien Und Energie Gmbh Two-sided solar cell
US9276142B2 (en) 2010-12-17 2016-03-01 First Solar, Inc. Methods for forming a transparent oxide layer for a photovoltaic device
WO2016144869A1 (en) * 2015-03-12 2016-09-15 Ppg Industries Ohio, Inc. Optoelectronic device and method of making the same
US9818888B2 (en) 2015-03-12 2017-11-14 Vitro, S.A.B. De C.V. Article with buffer layer and method of making the same

Family Cites Families (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4060426A (en) * 1974-07-02 1977-11-29 Polaroid Corporation Tin indium oxide and polyvinylcarbazole layered polarized photovoltaic cell
US4497974A (en) * 1982-11-22 1985-02-05 Exxon Research & Engineering Co. Realization of a thin film solar cell with a detached reflector
US4663495A (en) * 1985-06-04 1987-05-05 Atlantic Richfield Company Transparent photovoltaic module
WO1997021252A1 (en) * 1995-12-07 1997-06-12 Japan Energy Corporation Method of producing photoelectric conversion device

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
GB2405030A (en) 2005-02-16

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
AU2003212271A1 (en) Photovoltaic device
AU2003261276A8 (en) Thin film battery
AU2003302644A1 (en) Positioning device
AU2003302265A1 (en) Attendant circumstance utilization device
SG126098A1 (en) Thin film photovoltaic device
AU2003271698A1 (en) Displacing device
AU2003236661A1 (en) Tensing device
AU2003902117A0 (en) Photovoltaic device
AU2003288996A1 (en) Positioning device
AU2003227213A1 (en) Semiconductor device
GB0318906D0 (en) Thin film photo-voltaic device
AU2003292701A1 (en) Semiconductor device
TWI346390B (en) Thin film panel
EP1493796A4 (en) Functional thin film
EP1642852A4 (en) Thin part-feeding device
AU2003211753A1 (en) Semiconductor device
AU2003220989A1 (en) Semiconductor device
AU2003241869A1 (en) Semiconductor device
AU2003245356A1 (en) Putting device
TW562215U (en) Exhibiting device
EP1593466A4 (en) Film cutting device
GB0219471D0 (en) Thin film transistor
GB0409439D0 (en) Thin film transistor
AU2003292700A1 (en) Semiconductor device
AU2003203311A1 (en) Dividing device

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
WAP Application withdrawn, taken to be withdrawn or refused ** after publication under section 16(1)