76 patents
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Photovoltaic devices and method of making
16 Jan 24
A photovoltaic device is presented.
Holly Ann Blaydes, Kristian William Andreini, William Hullinger Huber, Eugene Thomas Hinners, Joseph John Shiang, Yong Liang, Jongwoo Choi
Filed: 2 May 13
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Photovoltaic Devices with Conducting Layer Interconnects
11 Jan 24
According to the embodiments provided herein, a photovoltaic device can have one or more cells with a conducting layer interconnect.
Nikhil Bhandari, Matthew Davis, Rhett Miller, Charles Wickersham
Filed: 3 Nov 21
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Photovoltaic Devices and Methods of Making
11 Jan 24
Photovoltaic devices (100) with type ll-VI semiconductor absorber materials (160) having p-type contact layers (180) are obtained by forming a ll-VI absorber layer over a substrate stack (113), wherein the type II material includes cadmium (Cd) and the type VI material includes tellurium (Te); contacting an alkaline wash fluid, comprising a hydroxide, to a second surface of the absorber layer to produce a Cd-rich surface, depositing a p-type contact layer (180) over the absorber layer (160), whereby the p-type contact layer is directly adjacent to the Cd-rich layer, and wherein the p-type contact layer comprises at least one of: PTAA, P3HT, poly-TPD, TFB, TTF-1, TF8-TAA, TIF8-TAA, SGT-407, PCDTBT, SpiroOMeTAD, anthracene-based HTM, polythiophene, semiconducting polymers, NiO, CuSCN, or Cui; and depositing a conductive layer (190) over the p-type contact layer.
Duyen Cao, Markus Gloeckler, Sachit Grover, James Hack, Chungho Lee, Dingyuan Lu, Aravamuthan Varadarajan, Gang Xiong, Zhibo Zhao
Filed: 1 Dec 21
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Thin-film deposition methods with thermal management of evaporation sources
9 Jan 24
An evaporation system comprises an evaporation chamber having an interior enclosed by one or more chamber walls; an evaporation source comprising (i) a source body for containing a feedstock material, and (ii) an evaporation port fluidly coupling the source body with an interior of the evaporation chamber; an insulation material; and a computer-based controller for configuring the insulation material in (i) a first configuration in which the insulation material is disposed snugly around the source body and (ii) a second configuration in which at least a portion of the insulation material is spaced away from the source body and at least a second portion of the insulation material is disposed snugly around the source body; wherein the insulation material does not cover an opening of the evaporation port in the first configuration and the second configuration.
Markus Eberhard Beck, Ulrich Alexander Bonne
Filed: 6 May 22
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Methods and systems for use with photovoltaic devices
9 Jan 24
According to embodiments provided herein, the performance of photovoltaic device can be improved by rapidly heating an absorber layer of a device in open-circuit to a high temperature for a short period of time followed by rapid quenching.
Dmitry Krasikov, Sachit Grover, Igor Sankin
Filed: 13 May 21
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Transparent Conducting Layers and Photovoltaic Devices Including the Same
14 Dec 23
Photovoltaic devices having transparent contact layers are described herein.
James Becker, Mark Hendryx, William Huber, Jason Kephart, Andrei Los, Wei Zhang
Filed: 21 Sep 21
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Photovoltaic devices including doped semiconductor films
12 Dec 23
A photovoltaic cell can include a dopant in contact with a semiconductor layer.
Anke Abken, Markus Gloeckler, Roger T. Green, Akhlesh Gupta, Upali Jayamaha, Peter Meyers, Rick C. Powell
Filed: 4 Dec 20
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Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing
14 Nov 23
A photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and at least one Se-containing layer, such as a CdSeTe layer.
Dan Damjanovic, Markus Gloeckler, Feng Liao, Andrei Los, Dan Mao, Benjamin Milliron, Gopal Mor, Rick Powell, Kenneth Ring, Aaron Roggelin, Jigish Trivedi, Zhibo Zhao
Filed: 25 Oct 19
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Doped photovoltaic semiconductor layers and methods of making
17 Oct 23
Provided are structures and methods for doping polycrystalline thin film semiconductor materials in photovoltaic devices.
Sachit Grover, Stuart Irvine, Xiaoping Li, Roger Malik, Shahram Seyedmohammadi, Gang Xiong, Wei Zhang
Filed: 25 Oct 21
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Photovoltaic devices and method of making
10 Oct 23
Embodiments of a photovoltaic device are provided herein.
Kristian William Andreini, Holly Ann Blaydes, Jongwoo Choi, Adam Fraser Halverson, Eugene Thomas Hinners, William Hullinger Huber, Yong Liang, Joseph John Shiang
Filed: 10 Oct 22
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Photovoltaic Devices Including Nitrogen-Containing Metal Contact
5 Oct 23
A photovoltaic cell can include a nitrogen-containing metal layer in contact with a semiconductor layer.
Upali Jayamaha, Michael T. Steele, Syed Zafar
Filed: 6 Jun 23
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Photovoltaic device including a p-n junction and method of manufacturing
26 Sep 23
A photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and a p-type semiconductor absorber layer.
Dan Damjanovic, Feng Liao, Rick Powell, Rui Shao, Jigish Trivedi, Zhibo Zhao
Filed: 19 Oct 21
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Photovoltaic devices including nitrogen-containing metal contact
4 Jul 23
A photovoltaic cell can include a nitrogen-containing metal layer in contact with a semiconductor layer.
Upali Jayamaha, Michael T. Steele, Syed Zafar
Filed: 11 Jan 19
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Thin Film Solar Module and Production Method
4 May 23
The invention relates to a thin film solar module comprising a monolithic solar cell array (1), including a plurality of solar cells (2) with a layer structure, comprising a rear contact layer (3), a front contact layer (4) and an absorber layer between the rear contact layer and the front contact layer, and an electrical connection structure (6) for electrically serially connecting neighbouring solar cells.
Rolf Wächter, Tobias Repmann, Bernd Sprecher
Filed: 18 Mar 21
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Methods for Perovskite Device Processing by Vapor Transport Deposition
16 Mar 23
Structures and methods for manufacturing photovoltaic devices by forming perovskite layers and perovskite precursor layers using vapor transport deposition (VTD) are described.
Le Chen, David Ho, Xiaoping Li, Rick Powell, Tze-Bin Song, Vera Steinmann, Aravamuthan Varadarajan, Dirk Weiss, Gang Xiong, Zhibo Zhao
Filed: 19 Feb 21
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Photovoltaic Devices and Semiconductor Layers with Group V Dopants and Methods for Forming the Same
16 Mar 23
According to the embodiments provided herein, a photovoltaic device can include an absorber layer.
Hongbo Cao, Sachit Grover, William Hullinger Huber, Xiaoping Li, Dingyuan Lu, Roger Malik, Hongying Peng, Joseph John Shiang, Qianqian Xin, Gang Xiong
Filed: 14 Nov 22
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Photovoltaic devices and method of making
21 Feb 23
Embodiments of a photovoltaic device are provided herein.
Kristian William Andreini, Holly Ann Blaydes, Jongwoo Choi, Adam Fraser Halverson, Eugene Thomas Hinners, William Hullinger Huber, Yong Liang, Joseph John Shiang
Filed: 3 Sep 21
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Photovoltaic devices with narrow scribes and methods and systems for forming the same
14 Feb 23
According to the embodiments provided herein, a method for scribing a layer stack of a photovoltaic device can include directing a laser scribing waveform to a film side of a layer stack.
Nikhil Bhandari, Charles Wickersham
Filed: 21 Feb 19
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Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making
9 Feb 23
Embodiments of a photovoltaic device are provided herein.
Kristian William Andreini, Holly Ann Blaydes, Jongwoo Choi, Adam Fraser Halverson, Eugene Thomas Hinners, William Hullinger Huber, Yong Liang, Joseph John Shiang
Filed: 10 Oct 22
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Photovoltaic Devices and Methods of Making
1 Dec 22
Photovoltaic devices, and methods of making the same, are described.
Christopher DiRubio, Markus Gloeckler, Weixin Li, Richard Malik, Jr., Riley Maxwell, Jason Sharrer, Jigish Trivedi
Filed: 23 Oct 20