Formation of CIGS absorber layer materials using atomic layer deposition and high throughput surface treatment
    42.
    发明申请
    Formation of CIGS absorber layer materials using atomic layer deposition and high throughput surface treatment 审中-公开
    使用原子层沉积和高通量表面处理形成CIGS吸收层材料

    公开(公告)号:US20080305269A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-12-11

    申请号:US12044899

    申请日:2008-03-07

    IPC分类号: B05D3/02

    摘要: An absorber layer may be formed on a substrate using atomic layer deposition reactions. An absorber layer containing elements of groups IB, IIIA and VIB may be formed by placing a substrate in a treatment chamber and performing atomic layer deposition of a group IB element and/or one or more group IIIA elements from separate sources onto a substrate to form a film. A group VIA element is then incorporated into the film and annealed to form the absorber layer. The absorber layer may be greater than about 25 nm thick. The substrate may be coiled into one or more coils in such a way that adjacent turns of the coils do not touch one another. The coiled substrate may be placed in a treatment chamber where substantially an entire surface of the one or more coiled substrates may be treated by an atomic layer deposition process. One or more group IB elements and/or one or more group IIIA elements may be deposited onto the substrate in a stoichiometrically controlled ratio by atomic layer deposition using one or more self limiting reactions.

    摘要翻译: 可以使用原子层沉积反应在衬底上形成吸收层。 包含IB,IIIA和VIB族元素的吸收层可以通过将基底放置在处理室中并且将IB族元素和/或一种或多种IIIA族元素从单独的源原子层沉积到基底上形成,以形成 一个电影。 然后将VIA族元素并入膜中并退火以形成吸收层。 吸收层可以大于约25nm厚。 衬底可以被卷绕成一个或多个线圈,使得线圈的相邻匝不彼此接触。 卷绕的基板可以放置在处理室中,其中可以通过原子层沉积工艺来处理一个或多个卷绕的基板的基本上整个表面。 可以通过使用一个或多个自限制反应的原子层沉积以化学计量控制的比例将一个或多个IB族元素和/或一个或多个IIIA族元素沉积到基底上。

    SOLUTION-BASED FABRICATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL

    公开(公告)号:US20080135811A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-06-12

    申请号:US11933375

    申请日:2007-10-31

    IPC分类号: H01B1/02

    摘要: An ink for forming CIGS photovoltaic cell active layers is disclosed along with methods for making the ink, methods for making the active layers and a solar cell made with the active layer. The ink contains a mixture of nanoparticles of elements of groups IB, IIIA and (optionally) VIA. The particles are in a desired particle size range of between about 1 nm and about 500 nm in diameter, where a majority of the mass of the particles comprises particles ranging in size from no more than about 40% above or below an average particle size or, if the average particle size is less than about 5 nanometers, from no more than about 2 nanometers above or below the average particle size. The use of such ink avoids the need to expose the material to an H2Se gas during the construction of a photovoltaic cell and allows more uniform melting during film annealing, more uniform intermixing of nanoparticles, and allows higher quality absorber films to be formed.

    Polycrystalline optoelectronic devices based on templating technique
    47.
    发明授权
    Polycrystalline optoelectronic devices based on templating technique 有权
    基于模板技术的多晶光电器件

    公开(公告)号:US07227066B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-05

    申请号:US10829928

    申请日:2004-04-21

    摘要: Methods for passivating crystalline grains in an active layer for an optoelectronic device and optoelectronic devices having active layers with passivated crystalline grains are disclosed. Crystalline grains of an active layer material and/or window layer material are formed within the nanotubes of an insulating nanotube template. The dimensions of the nanotubes correspond to the dimensions of a crystalline grain formed by the deposition technique used to form the grains. A majority of the surface area of these grains is in contact with the wall of the nanotube template rather than with other grains.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于光电子器件的有源层钝化晶粒的方法和具有钝化晶粒的有源层的光电器件。 在绝缘纳米管模板的纳米管内形成有源层材料和/或窗层材料的晶粒。 纳米管的尺寸对应于通过用于形成晶粒的沉积技术形成的晶粒的尺寸。 这些颗粒的大部分表面积与纳米管模板的壁接触而不是与其它颗粒接触。

    Thermoelectric stack coating for improved solar panel function
    48.
    发明授权
    Thermoelectric stack coating for improved solar panel function 有权
    用于改善太阳能电池板功能的热电叠层涂层

    公开(公告)号:US08969717B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-03

    申请号:US13209360

    申请日:2011-08-12

    申请人: Brian M. Sager

    发明人: Brian M. Sager

    CPC分类号: H02S10/10 H02N10/00 Y02E10/50

    摘要: Methods and devices for increase power output from solar devices. In one embodiment, the technique enables the front hot solar panel surface to be cooled by attachment of a thermoelectric multilayer stack to the back solar panel surface. The thermoelectric stack cools the solar panel front surface by drawing heat from the front to the back of the panel. That heat is transformed into mechanical vibrations using an inverse Peltier effect and that mechanical energy then transformed into electrical energy using a piezoelectric effect. Power output is first increased by lower operating temperature on front, resulting in a higher power conversion efficiency for the photovoltaic effect taking place in the CIGS/CdS active layers or other thin films, then from an additional power output from secondary electrical energy created from mechanical arising from the temperature-gradient driven occurrence of the thermoelectric effect.

    摘要翻译: 用于增加太阳能设备功率输出的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中,该技术使得能够通过将热电多层堆叠附接到后太阳能电池板表面来冷却前部热太阳能电池板表面。 热电叠层通过从面板的前面到后面的热量来冷却太阳能电池板前表面。 使用反珀珀尔效应将热转化为机械振动,然后使用压电效应将机械能转化为电能。 功率输出首先由前面的较低工作温度升高,导致在CIGS / CdS有源层或其他薄膜中发生的光电效应的更高的功率转换效率,然后来自从机械产生的次级电能的附加功率输出 由温度梯度驱动发生的热电效应引起。