Amorphous semiconductor method.

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4,459,163 (Jly. 10 1984)

Amorphous semiconductor method.

AlanG. MacDiarmid and ZoltanJ. Kiss

Chronar Corporation

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Preparation of amorphous semiconductor material that is suitable for use in a wide variety of devices by the pyrolytic decomposition of one or more gaseous phase polysemiconductanes, including polysilanes and polygermanes.

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Amorphous silicon Schottky barrier solar cells incorporating a thin insulating layer and a thin doped layer.

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4,200,473 (Apl. 29 1980)

Amorphous silicon Schottky barrier solar cells incorporating a thin insulating layer and a thin doped layer.

DavidE. Carlson

RCA Corporation

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Amorphous silicon Schottky barrier solar cells which incorporate a thin insulating layer and a thin doped layer adjacent to the junction forming metal layer exhibit increased open circuit voltages compared to standard rectifying junction metal devices, i.e., Schottky barrier devices, and rectifying junction metal insulating silicon devices, i.e., MIS devices.

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Nanostructured transparent conducting electrode.

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7,594,982 (Sep. 29 2009)

Nanostructured transparent conducting electrode.

MartinR. Roscheisen and BrianM. Sager

Nanosolar, Inc.

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Transparent conducting electrodes, methods for manufacturing such conducting electrodes, optoelectronic devices incorporating such transparent electrodes and methods for making such optoelectronic devices and solar power generation systems incorporating such electrodes are disclosed. Nanostructured transparent conducting electrodes may include a nano-architected porous film having a network of ordered interconnected pores and an electrically conductive material that substantially fills the pores. The nano-architected porous film may be disposed on a layer of transparent conducting material. The electrode may include a substrate (e.g., glass or polymer) and the layer of transparent conducting material may be disposed between the substrate and the nano-architected porous film. Nanostructured transparent conducting electrodes may be fabricated by forming a nano-architected porous film, e.g., by surfactant temptation, on a layer of transparent conducting material and substantially filling the pores in the nano-architected porous film with an electrically conductive material, e.g., by electrodeposition. Optoelectronic devices may incorporate one or more nanostructured transparent conducting electrodes in electrical contact with an active layer. Such devices may be made by fabricating a first electrode and disposing an active layer between the first electrode and a second electrode, one of which is a nanostructured transparent conducting electrode.

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Optoelectronic device and fabrication method

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7,291,782 (Nov. 06 2007)

Optoelectronic device and fabrication method.

BrianM. Sager, MartinR. Roscheisen, Klaus Petritsch, Greg Smestad, Jacqueline Fidanza, GregoryA. Miller and Dong Yu

Nanosolar, Inc.

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Charge-splitting networks, optoelectronic devices, methods for making optoelectronic devices, power generation systems utilizing such devices and method for making charge-splitting networks are disclosed. An optoelectronic device may include a porous nano-architected (e.g., surfactant-templated) film having interconnected pores that are accessible from both the underlying and overlying layers. A pore-filling material substantially fills the pores. The interconnected pores have diameters of about 1-100 nm and are distributed in a substantially uniform fashion with neighboring pores separated by a distance of about 1-100 nm. The nano-architected porous film and the pore-filling, material have complementary charge-transfer properties with respect to each other, i.e., one is an electron-acceptor and the other is a hole-acceptor. The nano-architected porous, film may be formed on a substrate by a surfactant temptation technique such as evaporation-induced self-assembly. A solar power generation system may include an array of such optoelectronic devices in the form of photovoltaic cells with one or more cells in the array having one or more porous charge-splitting networks disposed between an electron-accepting electrode and a hole-accepting electrode.

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Photovoltaic devices fabricated by growth from porous template.

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6,946,597 (Sep. 20 2005)

Photovoltaic devices fabricated by growth from porous template.

BrianM. Sager, MartinR. Roscheisen, Klus Petritsch, Karl Pichler, Jacqueline Fidanza and Dong Yu

Nanosular, Inc.

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Photovoltaic devices, such as solar cells, and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. A device may be characterized by an architecture where two more materials having different electron affinities are regularly arrayed such that their presence alternates within distances of between about 1 nm and about 100 nm. The materials are present in a matrix based on a porous template with an array of template pores. The porous template is formed by anodizing a layer of metal. A photovoltaic device may include such a porous template disposed between a base electrode and a transparent conducting electrode. A first charge-transfer material fills the template pores, A second (complementary) charge-transfer material fills additional space not occupied by the first charge-transfer material.

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Co-sensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells.

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7,414,188 (Aug. 19 2008)

Co-sensitizers for dye sensitized solar cells.

Russell Gaudiana, SavvasE. Hadjikyriacou, Jin-An He, David Waller and Zhengguo Zhu

Konarka Technologies, Inc.

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Co-sensitizers that co-adsorb with a sensitizing dye to the surface of an interconnected semiconductor oxide nanoparticle material increase the efficiency of photovoltaic cells by improving their charge transfer efficiency and reducing the back transfer of electrons from the interconnected semiconductor oxide nanoparticle material to the sensitizing dye.

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Displays with integrated photovoltaic cells.

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7,351,907 (Apl. 01 2008)

Displays with integrated photovoltaic cells.

Russell Gaudiana and Alan Montello

Konarka Technologies, Inc.

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A flexible photovoltaically powered display, which may be utilized in a wide variety of display contexts including retail shelf systems, is described. The photovoltaic cell is preferably activated by ambient light (e.g., fluorescent or incandescent).

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Ultrasonic slitting of photovoltaic cells and modules

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6,949,400 (Sep. 27 2005)

Ultrasonic slitting of photovoltaic cells and modules.

James Ryan

Konarka Technologies, Inc.

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An ultrasonic slitting device cuts and seals the edges of photovoltaic cells and modules to encapsulate the photoactive components in an environment substantially impervious to the atmosphere.

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Wire interconnects for fabricating interconnected photovoltaic cells.

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6,924,427 (Aug. 02 2005)

Wire interconnects for fabricating interconnected photovoltaic cells.

Robert Eckert, Russell Gaudiana, Lian Li, Alan Montello and Edmund Montello

Konarka Technologies, Inc.

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The invention, in one embodiment, is directed to various aspects of the use of one or more wires in conjunction with an adhesive strip to serve as an electrically conductive connector between the photoactive layers of a photovoltaic cell or module.

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Inclined photovoltaic assembly.

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6,809,251 (Oct. 26 2004)

Inclined photovoltaic assembly.

ThomasL. Dinwoodie

Powerlight Corporation

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A PV assembly comprises a base, having a length L, an upwardly extending PV module, having a length H, and a downwardly extending deflector. The PV module and the deflector are preferably secured to the base so that they are placeable at shipping and inclined-use angles. The module may be connected to the base by a living hinge. The deflector may comprise an outer surface having a solar reflectivity of at least about 0.2, and more preferably of at least about 0.7, whereby solar radiation contacting the outer surface may be redirected to an adjacent PV module to increase the power output of the adjacent PV module. The inclined-use angle of the PV module may be about 2.degree. to 15.degree. and a ground cover ratio of H/L may be about 0.6 to about 0.8 for increased power output.

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Photovoltaic assembly array with covered bases.

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6,501,013 (Dec. 31 2002)

Photovoltaic assembly array with covered bases.

ThomasL. Dinwoodie

PowerLight Corporation

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The invention is directed to an array of photovoltaic (PV) assemblies mountable to a support surface. Each PV assembly comprises a base, a PV module and a support assembly securing the PV module to a position overlying the upper surface of the base. The base comprises a main member and a cover defining the upper surface of the base; the cover comprises an electrical conductor. An electrical ground connector may be made between the covers of different PV assemblies. The cover may comprise sheet metal and may have an electrically-insulating surface layer. The main member may be a thermal insulator and the cover may comprise a low-emissivity layer. The covers of adjacent PV assemblies may be interengaged so that wind uplift forces on one of the PV assemblies tend to transfer to adjacent the assemblies so to help counteract the wind uplift forces.

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Semiconductor body forming a solar cell with a bypass diode.

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7,115,811 (Oct. 03 2006)

Semiconductor body forming a solar cell with a bypass diode.

Frank Ho, MiltonY. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu and PeterA. IIes

EMCORE Corporation

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The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.

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Photovoltaic module

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5,981,867 (Nov. 09 1999)

Photovoltaic module.

Noboru Toyama and Katsumi Nakagawa

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

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A photovoltaic device comprises a metal with a smooth surface; a transparent conductive layer formed on the smooth surface; and a photoelectric conversion layer formed on the transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive layer has an irregular surface at a side opposite to the smooth surface.

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Photovoltaic device

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5,885,725 (Mar. 23 1999)

Photovoltaic device.

Noboru Toyama and Katsumi Nakagawa

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

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A photovoltaic device comprises a metal with a smooth surface; a transparent conductive layer formed on the smooth surface; and a photoelectric conversion layer formed on the transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive layer has an irregular surface at a side opposite to the smooth surface.

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Low bandgap photovoltaic cell with inherent bypass diode.

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5,389,158 (Feb. 14 1995)

Low bandgap photovoltaic cell with inherent bypass diode.

LewisM. Fraas and JamesE. Avery

The Boeing Company[*]

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A photovoltaic (PV) cell with a single pn-junction is disclosed that is capable of functioning as both a current source and a bypass diode. The photovoltaic cell is made of material that has a low bandgap energy, 1.0 eV, or less. One version of the PV cell is formed of a GaSb wafer doped with Te to form an n-region; the Te concentration is between 6 and 10.times.10.sup.17 atoms/cm.sup.3. Multiple PV cells of this invention can be connected in series or in parallel or in tandem in a primary-booster tandem pair to form a circuit without the requirement of protecting the individual cells of the circuit with a separate bypass diode.

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Terrestrial concentrator solar cell module

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5,118,361 (Jun. 02 1992)

Terrestrial concentrator solar cell module.

LewisM. Fraas, Nurullah Mansoori, NamsooP. Kim and JamesE. Avery

The Boeing Company

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Solar cells, particularly GaAs/GaSb tandem solar cells, are mechanically and electrically connected in the form of a string using a flexible circuit tape and mounted in optical alignment with solar energy concentrators in a module. A heat spreader body is attached to each cell unit as part of a heat sink and the cells are precisely positioned to provide optical alignment. The flexible circuit tape is formed by conductive strips sandwiched between layers of polymer dielectric tape and provided with tabs at predefined holes in the tape for bonding to current carrying surfaces of concentrated sunlight tandem solar cell units.

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Semiconductor having low concentration of carbon

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6,028,264 (Feb. 22 2000)

Semiconductor having low concentration of carbon.

Shunpei Yamazaki

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

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Non-single-crystalline semiconductor material or device containing carbon impurity in a concentration less than 4.times.10.sup.18 atoms/cm.sup.3.

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Nonsingle crystal semiconductor and a semiconductor device using such semiconductor.

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5,391,893 (Feb. 21 1995)

Nonsingle crystal semiconductor and a semiconductor device using such semiconductor.

Shunpei Yamazaki

Semicoductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

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A semiconductor device including a conductive substrate or a first conductive layer formed on the substrate, a non-single-crystal semiconductor layer member is disposed on the conductive substrate or the conductive layer, the non-single-crystal semiconductor layer member having at least one intrinsic, non-single-crystal semiconductor layer, and a second conductive layer disposed on the non-single-crystal semiconductor layer. The intrinsic non-single-crystal semiconductor layer contains sodium and oxygen in very low concentrations where each concentration is 5.times.10.sup.18 atoms/cm.sup.3 or less.

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Photoelectric conversion device.

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5,349,204 (Sep. 20 1994)

Photoelectric conversion device.

Shunpei Yamazaki

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory, Co., Ltd.

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A photoelectric conversion device has a non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member formed on a substrate having a conductive surface, and a conductive layer formed on the non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member. The non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member has such a structure that a first non-single-crystal semiconductor layer having a P or N first conductivity type, an I-type second non-single-crystal semiconductor layer and a third non-single-crystal semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type are laminated in this order. The first (or third) non-single-crystal semiconductor layer is disposed on the side on which light is incident, and is P-type. The I-type non-single-crystal semiconductor layer has introduced thereinto a P-type impurity, such as boron which is distributed so that its concentration decreases towards the third (or first) non-single-crystal semiconductor layer in the thickwise direction of the I-type layer.

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Photoelectric conversion device and method of making the same.

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5,077,223 (Dec. 31 1991)

Photoelectric conversion device and method of making the same.

Shunpei Yamazaki

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

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A photoelectric conversion device has a non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member formed on a substrate having a conductive surface, and a conductive layer formed on the non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member. The non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member has such a structure that a first non-single-crystal semiconductor layer having a P or N first conductivity type, an I-type second non-single-crystal semiconductor layer and a third non-single-crystal semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type are laminated in this order. The first (or third) non-single-crystal semiconductor layer is disposed on the side on which light is incident, and is P-type. The I-type non-single-crystal semiconductor layer has introduced thereinto a P-type impurity, such as boron which is distributed so that its concentration decreases towards the third (or first) non-single-crystal semiconductor layer in the thickwise direction of the I-type layer.

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Semiconductor photoelectric conversion device

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4,591,892 (May. 27 1986)

Semiconductor photoelectric conversion device.

Shumpei Yamazaki

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

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A semiconductor photoelectric conversion device has a conductive substrate or a first conductive layer formed on a suitable substrate, a non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member formed on the conductive substrate or first conductive layer, including at least one I-type non-single-crystal semiconductor layer and having formed therein at least one PI, NI, PIN or NIP junction, and a second conductive layer formed on the non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member. The I-type non-single-crystal semiconductor layer of the non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member contains oxygen, carbon or phosphorus only in such a low concentration as 5.times.10.sup.18 atoms/cm.sup.3 or less, 4.times.10.sup.18 atoms/cm.sup.3 or less, or 5.times.10.sup.15 atoms/cm.sup.3 or less, respectively.

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Photoelectric conversion device

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4,581,476 (Apl. 08 1986)

Photoelectric conversion device.

Shunpei Yamazaki

Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

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A photoelectric conversion device has a non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member formed on a substrate having a conductive surface, and a conductive layer formed on the non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member. The non-single-crystal semiconductor laminate member has such a structure that a first non-single-crystal semiconductor layer having a P or N first conductivity type, an I-type second non-single-crystal semiconductor layer and a third non-single-crystal semiconductor layer having a second conductivity type opposite the first conductivity type are laminated in this order. The first (or third) non-single-crystal semiconductor layer is disposed on the side on which light is incident, and is P-type. The I-type non-single-crystal semiconductor layer has introduced thereinto a P-type impurity, such as boron which is distributed so that its concentration decreases towards the third (or first) non-single-crystal semiconductor layer in the thickness direction of the I-type layer.

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Method of producing hydrogenated amorphous silicon film.

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4,237,150 (Dec. 02 1980)

Method of producing hydrogenated amorphous silicon film.

and HaroldJ. Wiesmann

The United States of America as represented by the United States

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This invention relates to hydrogenated amorphous silicon produced by thermally decomposing silane (SiH.sub.4) or other gases comprising H and Si, from a tungsten or carbon foil heated to a temperature of about 1400.degree.-1600.degree. C., in a vacuum of about 10.sup.-6 to 19.sup.-4 torr, to form a gaseous mixture of atomic hydrogen and atomic silicon, and depositing said gaseos mixture onto a substrate independent of and outside said source of thermal decomposition, to form hydrogenated amorphous silicon. The presence of an ammonia atmosphere in the vacuum chamber enhances the photoconductivity of the hydrogenated amorphous silicon film.

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Electrical contacts for a thin-film semiconductor device

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4,854,974 (Aug. 08 1989)

Electrical contacts for a thin-film semiconductor device.

DavidE. Carlson, CharlesR. Dickson and RobertV. D'Aiello

Solarex Corporation

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A method of fabricating spaced-apart back contacts on a thin film of semiconductor material by forming strips of buffer material on top of the semiconductor material in locations corresponding to the desired dividing lines between back contacts, forming a film of metal substantially covering the semiconductor material and buffer strips, and scribing portions of the metal film overlying the buffer strips with a laser without contacting the underlying semiconductor material to separate the metal layer into a plurality of back contacts. The buffer material serves to protect the underlying semiconductor material from being damaged during the laser scribing. Back contacts and multi-cell photovoltaic modules incorporating such back contacts also are disclosed.

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Method for manufacturing electrical contacts for a thin-film semiconductor device.

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4,783,421 (Nov. 08 1988)

Method for manufacturing electrical contacts for a thin-film semiconductor device.

DavidE. Carlson, CharlesR. Dickson and RobertV. D'Aiello

Solarex Corporation

abstract:

A method of fabricating spaced-apart back contacts on a thin film of semiconductor material by forming strips of buffer material on top of the semiconductor material in locations corresponding to the desired dividing lines between back contacts, forming a film of metal substantially covering the semiconductor material and buffer strips, and scribing portions of the metal film overlying the buffer strips with a laser without contacting the underlying semiconductor material to separate the metal layer into a plurality of back contacts. The buffer material serves to protect the underlying semiconductor material from being damaged during the laser scribing. Back contacts and multi-cell photovoltaic modules incorporating such back contacts also are disclosed.

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Laser processing technique for fabricating series-connected and tandem junction series-connected solar cells into a solar battery.

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4,292,092 (Sep. 29 1981)

Laser processing technique for fabricating series-connected and tandem junction series-connected solar cells into a solar battery.

and JosephJ. Hanak

RCA Corporation

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A method of fabricating series-connected and tandem junction series-connected solar cells into a solar battery with laser scribing.

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Semiconductor body forming a solar cell with a bypass diode.

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7,115,811 (Oct. 03 2006)

Semiconductor body forming a solar cell with a bypass diode.

Frank Ho, MiltonY. Yeh, Chaw-Long Chu and PeterA. IIes

EMCORE Corporation

abstract:

The present invention is directed to systems and methods for protecting a solar cell. The solar cell includes first solar cell portion. The first solar cell portion includes at least one junction and at least one solar cell contact on a backside of the first solar cell portion. At least one bypass diode portion is epitaxially grown on the first solar cell portion. The bypass diode has at least one contact. An interconnect couples the solar cell contact to the diode contact.

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6278054

	Number(Issue)	6278054(August 21, 2001)
	Title	Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode.
	タイトル	。積分モノリシックに成長したバイパスダイオードを有する太陽電池。
	Assignee	:Tecstar Power Systems, Inc.:
	Inventors	:Ho; Frank:, Yeh; Milton Y.:, Chu; Chaw-Long:, Iles; Peter A.:
	Filed	May 19, 1999
	Priority	naizo
	US CLASS	Current U.S. Class: 136/256 ; 136/255; 136/261; 136/262; 257/E27.123
	IPC	naizo
	SEARCH	Field of Search: 136/256,255,261,262
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