公开(公告)号：EP3903352A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-03

申请号：EP19843000.1

申请日：2019-12-23

申请人： First Solar, Inc.

发明人： POWELL, Rick ,  CHOI, Jongwoo

IPC分类号： H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/073 ,  H01L31/18

公开(公告)号：EP2973730A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-20

申请号：EP14715786.1

申请日：2014-03-13

申请人： First Solar, Inc

发明人： ALLENIC, Arnold ,  BAN, Zhigang ,  BULLER, Benyamin ,  GLOECKLER, Markus ,  MILLIRON, Benjamin ,  PENG, Xilin ,  POWELL, Rick ,  TRIVEDI, Jigish ,  VARGHESE, Ooman K. ,  WANG, Jianjun ,  ZHAO, Zhibo

IPC分类号： H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/0392 ,  H01L31/073 ,  H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/02963 ,  H01L31/02966 ,  H01L31/03925 ,  H01L31/073 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/1832 ,  Y02E10/543

摘要： A photovoltaic device is disclosed including at least one Cadmium Sulfide Telluride (CdS
x Te
1-x ) layer as are methods of forming such a photovoltaic device.

公开(公告)号：EP2973749A1

公开(公告)日：2016-01-20

申请号：EP14719212.4

申请日：2014-03-14

申请人： First Solar, Inc.

发明人： LIAO, Feng ,  GLOECKLER, Markus ,  POWELL, Rick ,  BULLER, Benyamin ,  ZHAO, Zhibo ,  SANKIN, Igor ,  TRIVEDI, Jigish ,  CHENG, Long ,  BREWER, Jeremy

IPC分类号： H01L31/18

CPC分类号： H01L31/035272 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/1828 ,  Y02E10/543

摘要： Embodiments include photovoltaic devices that include at least one absorber layer, e.g. CdTe and/or CdS
x Te
1-x (where 0≤x≤1), having an average grain size to thickness ratio from greater than 2 to about 50 and an average grain size of between about 4 µm and about 14 µm and methods for forming the same.

摘要翻译： 实施例包括包括至少一个吸收层的光伏器件，例如。 CdTe和/或CdSxTe1-x（其中0＆nlE; x＆nlE; 1），其平均晶粒尺寸与厚度之比大于2至约50，平均晶粒尺寸在约4μm至约14μm之间， 相同。

公开(公告)号：EP3824112A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-26

申请号：EP19765576.4

申请日：2019-08-09

申请人： First Solar, Inc.

发明人： BARDEN, John ,  POWELL, Rick ,  ROGGELIN, Aaron ,  VORA, Nirav

IPC分类号： C23C14/24 ,  C23C14/26 ,  C23C14/56 ,  C23C14/22 ,  C23C16/448 ,  H01L31/18

公开(公告)号：EP3216060A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-13

申请号：EP15706121.9

申请日：2015-02-11

申请人： First Solar, Inc

发明人： DAMJANOVIC, Dan ,  GLOECKLER, Markus ,  LIAO, Feng ,  LOS, Andrei ,  MAO, Dan ,  MILLIRON, Benjamin ,  MOR, Gopal ,  POWELL, Rick ,  RING, Kenneth ,  ROGGELIN, Aaron ,  TRIVEDI, Jigish ,  ZHAO, Zhibo

IPC分类号： H01L31/0296

CPC分类号： H01L31/073 ,  H01L31/022441 ,  H01L31/022466 ,  H01L31/0296 ,  H01L31/02966 ,  H01L31/1828 ,  H01L31/1832 ,  H01L31/1864 ,  H01L31/1884 ,  H01L31/208

摘要： A photovoltaic device includes a substrate structure and at least one Se-containing layer, such as a CdSeTe layer. A process for manufacturing the photovoltaic device includes forming the CdSeTe layer over a substrate by at least one of sputtering, evaporation deposition, CVD, chemical bath deposition process, and vapor transport deposition process. The process can also include controlling a thickness range of the Se-containing layer.

摘要翻译： 光伏器件包括衬底结构和至少一个诸如CdSeTe层的含Se层。 用于制造光伏器件的工艺包括通过溅射，蒸发沉积，CVD，化学浴沉积工艺和气相传输沉积工艺中的至少一种在衬底上形成CdSeTe层。 该工艺还可以包括控制含Se层的厚度范围。

公开(公告)号：EP3117466A1

公开(公告)日：2017-01-18

申请号：EP15761077.5

申请日：2015-03-13

申请人： First Solar, Inc

发明人： JANSEN, Scott ,  KOTARBA, Casimir P. ,  PAPPAS, Jonathan ,  POWELL, Rick ,  ROUSSILLON, Yann ,  VAN NORTWICK, Erica ,  WICKERSHAM, Charles

IPC分类号： H01L31/042

CPC分类号： H01L31/0465 ,  H01G9/20 ,  H01G9/2081 ,  H01L31/0463 ,  Y02E10/50

摘要： A photovoltaic device includes a substrate and has a transparent conductive oxide layer, a conductive back layer, and at least one intermediate semiconductor layer formed thereon. An isolation scribe divides and electrically isolates the oxide layer, the back layer and the semiconductor layer to define two photovoltaic cells. A conductor extends across the isolation scribe and connects the back layer of one photovoltaic cell to the oxide layer of the other photovoltaic cell.

摘要翻译： 光电器件包括衬底并具有透明导电氧化物层，导电背层和形成在其上的至少一个中间半导体层。 隔离划分器划分并电隔离氧化物层，背层和半导体层以限定两个光伏电池。 导体延伸穿过隔离划线并将一个光伏电池的背层连接到另一个光伏电池的氧化物层。

公开(公告)号：EP2954562A2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-16

申请号：EP14705003.3

申请日：2014-02-03

申请人： First Solar, Inc

发明人： TRIVEDI, Jigish ,  POWELL, Rick ,  DAMJANOVIC, Dan ,  GUO, Jing ,  ZHAO, Zhibo ,  LIAO, Feng ,  KARPENKO, Oleh ,  JAYARAMAN, Sreenivas ,  LIM, Chong

IPC分类号： H01L31/073 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/0216

CPC分类号： H01L31/065 ,  H01L31/02167 ,  H01L31/03925 ,  H01L31/073 ,  H01L31/1828 ,  H01L31/1864 ,  H01L31/1872 ,  Y02E10/543 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： A photovoltaic device including a protective layer between a window layer and an absorber layer, the protective layer inhibiting dissolving/intermixing of the window layer into the absorber layer during a device activation step, and methods of forming such photovoltaic devices.

公开(公告)号：EP4107304A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-28

申请号：EP21711148.3

申请日：2021-02-19

申请人： First Solar, Inc

发明人： CHEN, Le ,  HO, David ,  LI, Xiaoping ,  POWELL, Rick ,  SONG, Tze-bin ,  STEINMANN, Vera ,  VARADARAJAN, Aravamuthan ,  WEISS, Dirk ,  XIONG, Gang ,  ZHAO, Zhibo

IPC分类号： C23C14/06 ,  C23C14/22 ,  C23C14/24 ,  C23C14/58 ,  H01L31/18 ,  H01L31/032 ,  H01L51/42

公开(公告)号：EP4043609A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-17

申请号：EP22158332.1

申请日：2019-08-09

申请人： First Solar, Inc.

发明人： BARDEN, John ,  POWELL, Rick ,  ROGGELIN, Aaron ,  VORA, Nirav

IPC分类号： C23C14/24 ,  C23C14/26 ,  C23C14/56 ,  C23C14/22 ,  C23C16/448 ,  H01L31/18

摘要： Distributor assemblies for vapor transport deposition systems, and methods of conducting vapor transport deposition, are described.

公开(公告)号：EP3014660A2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-04

申请号：EP14817670.4

申请日：2014-06-27

申请人： First Solar, Inc

发明人： BULLER, Benyamin ,  GLOECKLER, Markus ,  GUPTA, Akhlesh ,  POWELL, Rick ,  SHAO, Rui ,  XIONG, Gang ,  YU, Ming, Lun ,  ZHAO, Zhibo

IPC分类号： H01L31/0264

CPC分类号： H01L31/022425 ,  H01L31/073 ,  H01L31/0749 ,  Y02E10/541 ,  Y02E10/543 ,  Y02P70/521

摘要： Methods and devices are described for a photovoltaic device. The photovoltaic device includes a glass substrate, a semiconductor absorber layer formed over the glass substrate, a metal back contact layer formed over the semiconductor absorber layer, and a p-type back contact buffer layer formed from one of MnTe, Cd1-xMnxTe, and SnTe, the buffer layer disposed between the semiconductor absorber layer and the metal back contact layer.