摘要:
A semiconductor device comprising a pin-type or nip-type amorphous-containing semiconductor layers; characterized in that (1) at least one interlayer made of semiconductor or insulator having higher electrical resistivity than a semiconductor which adjoins the interlayer is/are interposed between semiconductor layers or between a semiconductor and an electrode, (2) an amount of dopant in a p-type or n-type layer is least at a junction interface of p/i or n/i and increases gradually toward a junction interface of p/electrode or n/electrode, or (3) a p-type semiconductor layer being the same conductive type as the p-type semiconductor and having higher impurity density and/or an n-type semiconductor layer being the same conductive type as the n-type semiconductor layer and having higher impurity density is/are interposed between the p-type semiconductor layer and the electrode at the side of the p-type semiconductor layer and/or between the n-type semiconductor layer and the electrode at the side of the n-type semiconductor layer. According to the semiconductor device of the present invention (in the case of (1) or (2)), large Voc and electric current at a specific voltage can be obtained, further in the case of (3), photoelectric conversion efficiency can be improved.
摘要:
A photovoltaic device of amorphous or microcrystalline semiconductor having multijunction wherein one or more layer including high concentration impurities is interposed between p-type conductive layer and n-type conductive layer. A tunnel junction is formed by the interposed layer to elevate the photo-electric conversion rate.
摘要:
In an X ray detecting device comprising XL converting unit for converting the X rays into visible light corresponding to the intensity of the X rays and a LE converting unit for converting the visible light into an electrical signal corresponding to the intensity of the visible light, the base layer of the LE converting unit is formed of a material such that the base layer does not substantially absorb the X rays so that the image of the LE converting unit does not appear on the picture of the object.
摘要:
A semiconductor device comprising an amorphous semiconductor which might contain microcrystal therein, and a metal electrode electrically connected to the amorphous semiconductor and containing Al as a first component; wherein at least one element selected from the group consisting of (i)Ag, (ii)Au, (iii)Ca, Mg, Mn, W, Cr or Cu, (iv)Zn or Ge, and (v)Fe, Mo, Ni, Pd, Pt, Ti, V or Zr is added, as an additional component of the metal electrode, to the first component. According the present invention, there can be prevented the diffusion of an element of a metal electrode into a semiconductor layer during the production and the use of a semiconductor device. Thereby, the degradation of properties of the semiconductor device can be substantially prevented. Further, the yield of products can be improved and the lifetime of products can be greatly lengthened.
摘要:
In the semiconductor image sensor according to the invention in which the photoconductivity of that region of the active layer producing carriers upon exposure to light which is on the light-transmitting electrode side is lower than that of the remaining region, crosstalk can be inhibited without mechanically dividing the semiconductor layer and without causing any significant decrease in sensor sensitivity.
摘要:
A transparent semiconductor light beam position sensor element comprises a semiconductor layer consisting of p-, i- and n-type semiconductor layers successively bonded in junction and an electrically conductive layer disposed on either side of the semiconductive layer, at least one of the conductive layers being material transparent material, at least the other conductive layer and the semiconductor layer being provided with a multiplicity of common apertures running in the thickness direction and at least one conductive layer being provided with one pair or two pairs of electrodes of opposite polarities as disposed in its marginal regions. A position sensor utilizing the sensor element comprises a light source capable of varying the position of incidence of light on the position sensor element and a means for detecting the level of light incident on the element and holding the level constant, wherein the point of incidence of light can be identified from the photoelectric current output from one electrode of the electrode pair. A picture image input device utilizing the semiconductor light beam position sensor element further comprises a means for outputting a position signal representative of the point of incidence of light on the sensor element according to the photoelectric current output derived from the electrode pair and a means for outputting a bright dark signal representative of the intensity of light incident on the sensor element after passing or being reflected by an original according to the photoelectric current output derived from the electrode pair.
摘要:
A photovoltaic module comprises a transparent substrate, a plurality of photovoltaic cells formed on the back surface of the substrate, busbars each including a busbar body connected electrically to the photovoltaic cells, an electrical insulating filler covering the photovoltaic cells and the busbar bodies, a spacer, and a cover film covering the filler. Each busbar integrally includes the busbar body and an extension long enough to project from one end of the transparent substrate. The busbar extensions, which serve as output fetching lines, are bent along the spacer, and their respective output end portions are drawn out through the cover film. The output end portions are connected individually to terminals of a terminal box.
摘要:
A thin film solar cell module which comprises a first electrode layer, a semiconductor layer and a second electrode layer, which are deposited on a substrate and at least part of which is worked to partition these layers into a plurality of cells which are electrically connected with each other and sealed with an encapsulant. At least part of at least one of the first electrode layer, the semiconductor layer and the second electrode layer, which is located at the periphery of the substrate, is removed by mechanical means or by means of laser beam. The periphery of the connected solar cells may be surrounded by a high adhesive strength region.
摘要:
A thin film solar cell module which comprises a first electrode layer, a semiconductor layer and a second electrode layer, which are deposited on a substrate and at least part of which is worked to partition these layers into a plurality of cells which are electrically connected with each other and sealed with an encapsulant. At least part of at least one of the first electrode layer, the semiconductor layer and the second electrode layer, which is located at the periphery of the substrate, is removed by mechanical means or by means of laser beam. The periphery of the connected solar cells may be surrounded by a high adhesive strength region.
摘要:
The invention provides two kinds of structures for a thin-film solar cell that is improved in the adhesive strength and reflectance of a back surface electrode layer. According to the first structure, in a thin-film solar cell in which a transparent electrode layer, a thin-film semiconductor layer, and a back surface electrode layer are laid in stated order on an insulative transparent substrate, the back surface electrode layer consists of a first transparent conductive metal compound layer having a smaller refractive index than a semiconductor that constitutes the thin-film semiconductor layer, a second transparent conductive metal compound layer, and a metal layer. The second transparent conductive metal compound layer contains at least one of components of the first transparent conductive metal compound layer and a component of the metal layer. According to the second structure, in a thin-film solar cell in which a transparent electrode layer, a thin-film semiconductor layer, and a back surface electrode layer are laid in order on an insulative transparent substrate, the back surface electrode layer is a layered body consisting of a silver thin film, and an intermediate thin layer containing silver, oxygen, and a metal element constituting a transparent conductive metal oxide.