Fault tolerant thin-film photovoltaic cell

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1985-10-30

1987-06-30

Weisstuch, Aaron

Batteries: thermoelectric and photoelectric

Photoelectric

Cells

136256, 136259, 136260, 136261, 136262, 357 30, 357 59, H01L 3106

Patent

active

046772502

ABSTRACT:
A thin-film solar cell is made up of semiconductor layers formed on a substrate. The substrate includes an insulator containing electrically conducting nucleation sites which is interposed between the electrical contact of the substrate and the adjacent semiconductor. The insulator can also be optically transparent. Grain boundaries and voids terminate on the insulator. The solar cell is fabricated by selectively introducing nucleation sites into the insulator layer which is formed on the substrate material, and activating the nucleation sites during growth of the semiconductor layers.

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