62 patents
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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
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Photovoltaic devices and semiconductor layers with group V dopants and methods for forming the same
15 Nov 22
A photovoltaic device (100) can include an absorber layer (160).
Hongbo Cao, Sachit Grover, William Hullinger Huber, Xiaoping Li, Dingyuan Lu, Roger Malik, Hongying Peng, Joseph John Shiang, Qianqian Xin, Gang Xiong
Filed: 7 Dec 17
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Ag-doped photovoltaic devices and method of making
20 Sep 22
A doped photovoltaic device is presented.
Kenneth Ring, William H. Huber, Hongying Peng, Markus Gloeckler, Gopal Mor, Feng Liao, Zhibo Zhao, Andrei Los
Filed: 31 May 17
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Thin Film Stacks for Group V Doping, Photovoltaic Devices Including the Same, and Methods for Forming Photovoltaic Devices with Thin Film Stacks
8 Sep 22
According to the embodiments provided herein, a method for forming a photovoltaic device can include depositing a plurality of semiconductor layers.
Sachit Grover, Chungho Lee, Xiaoping Li, Dingyuan Lu, Roger Malik, Gang Xiong
Filed: 23 May 22
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Thin-film Deposition Methods with Thermal Management of Evaporation Sources
18 Aug 22
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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Photovoltaic devices and method of making
16 Aug 22
A photovoltaic device is presented.
Yong Liang, Jinbo Cao, William Hullinger Huber
Filed: 4 May 17
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Solar cells and methods of making the same
21 Jun 22
Solar cells, absorber structures, back contact structures, and methods of making the same are described.
Andrei Los, Roger Malik
Filed: 12 Jul 17
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Thin film stacks for group V doping, photovoltaic devices including the same, and methods for forming photovoltaic devices with thin film stacks
24 May 22
According to the embodiments provided herein, a method for forming a photovoltaic device can include depositing a plurality of semiconductor layers.
Sachit Grover, Chungho Lee, Xiaoping Li, Dingyuan Lu, Roger Malik, Gang Xiong
Filed: 27 Feb 18
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Thin-film deposition methods with thermal management of evaporation sources
10 May 22
In various embodiments, evaporation sources for deposition processes have disposed therearound an insulation material configurable to fit snugly around the source body of the evaporation source and to be at least partially distanced away from the source body to expedite heat transfer therefrom.
Markus Eberhard Beck, Ulrich Alexander Bonne
Filed: 17 Sep 19
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Metal Oxynitride Back Contact Layers for Photovoltaic Devices
31 Mar 22
According to the embodiments provided herein, back contacts for photovoltaic devices can include one or more metal oxynitride layers.
Changming Jin, Vijay Karthik Sankar
Filed: 6 Feb 20
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Method and apparatus for operating a photovoltaic device
29 Mar 22
The efficiency of a photovoltaic device is enhanced by operating the device in a dark bias mode during a dark period, and in a power generation mode during a subsequent illuminated period.
Dmitry Krasikov
Filed: 4 Sep 20
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Photovoltaic Devices and Methods of Forming the Same
3 Mar 22
A photovoltaic device includes an electron blocking layer (EBL) and an absorber layer.
Rick Powell, Jongwoo Choi
Filed: 23 Dec 19
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Photovoltaic device
1 Mar 22
Joshua Conley, Benjamin De Fresart, Peter Hruby, Matthew Kuzila, Weixin Li, Joseph Lindgren, Daniel Smith, Thomas Truman, Charles Wickersham
Filed: 15 Apr 19
Design
Photovoltaic device
15 Feb 22
Joshua Conley, Benjamin De Fresart, Peter Hruby, Matthew Kuzila, Weixin Li, Joseph Lindgren, Daniel Smith, Thomas Truman, Charles Wickersham
Filed: 23 Oct 19
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Doped Photovoltaic Semiconductor Layers and Methods of Making
10 Feb 22
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