Fault tolerant thin-film photovoltaic cell fabrication process

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1987-05-13

1988-09-20

Weisstuch, Aaron

Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying

437 5, 437109, 437946, 437967, 148DIG56, 148DIG122, 136258, H01L 3118

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047725648

ABSTRACT:
A thin-film solar cell on a substrate 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. The 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.

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