Title:
PHOTOCELL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPS5261485
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A photovoltaic cell having an electrically conductive substrate, which may be glass having a film of conductive tin oxide; a first layer containing a suitable semiconductor, which layer has a first component film with an amorphous structure and a second component film with a polycrystalline structure; a second layer forming a heterojunction with the first layer; and suitable electrodes where the heterojunction is formed from a solution containing copper, the amorphous film component is superposed above an electrically conductive substrate to resist permeation of the copper-containing material to shorting electrical contact with the substrate. The penetration resistant amorphous layer permits a variety of processes to be used in forming the heterojunction with even very thin layers (1-6 mu thick) of underlying polycrystalline semi-conductor materials. In some embodiments, the amorphous-like structure may be formed by the addition of aluminum or zirconium compounds to a solution of cadmium salts sprayed over a heated substrate.
Inventors:
JIYON EFU JIYOODAN
KAACHISU EMU RANPUKIN
KAACHISU EMU RANPUKIN
Application Number:
JP4934676A
Publication Date:
May 20, 1977
Filing Date:
April 28, 1976
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BALDWIN CO D H
International Classes:
H01L31/04; H01L31/0336; H01L31/18; (IPC1-7): H01L31/04
Domestic Patent References:
| JP43007376A | ||||
| JP41019937A | ||||
| JPS498237A | 1974-01-24 | |||
| JPS50119585A | 1975-09-19 |