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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
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Photovoltaic Device Including a P-N Junction and Method of Manufacturing
10 Feb 22
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 with Textured TCO Layers, and Methods of Making TCO Stacks
13 Jan 22
According to the embodiments provided herein, a method for sputtering a TCO material onto a substrate includes process conditions that produce a textured topography at the interfaces of various layers.
Paulina Bourgeois, Robert Clark-Phelps, Qi Fang, Jing Guo, Gopal Mor, Rui Shao
Filed: 23 Sep 19
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Devices and methods for making polycrystalline alloys
28 Dec 21
A process for preparing alloy products is described using a self-sustaining or self-propagating SHS-type combustion process with point-source ignition, preferably a laser, in a pressurized vessel.
Shrinivas Govindarajan, Michael Latusek, Christopher Wagner, Feng Yan
Filed: 23 Mar 17
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Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making
23 Dec 21
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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Methods for group V doping of photovoltaic devices
14 Dec 21
According to the embodiments provided herein, a method for doping an absorber layer can include contacting the absorber layer with an annealing compound.
Sachit Grover, Dingyuan Lu, Roger Malik, Gang Xiong
Filed: 14 Jan 19
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Buffer Layers for Photovoltaic Devices with Group V Doping
2 Dec 21
According to the embodiments provided herein, a photovoltaic device can include a buffer layer adjacent to an absorber layer doped p-type with a group V dopant.
Le Chen, Sachit Grover, Jason Kephart, Sergei Kniajanski, Chungho Lee, Xiaoping Li, Feng Liao, Dingyuan Lu, Rajni Mallick, Wenming Wang, Gang Xiong, Wei Zhang
Filed: 23 Oct 19