Photovoltaic Devices Comprising Cadmium Stannate Transparent Conducting Films and Method for Making

A photovoltaic device having a substrate, a layer of Cd.sub.2 SnO.sub.4 disposed on said substrate as a front contact, a thin film comprising two or more layers of semiconductor materials disposed on said layer of Cd.sub.2 SnO.sub.4, and an electrically conductive film disposed on said thin film of semiconductor materials to form a rear electrical contact to said thin film. The device is formed by RF sputter coating a Cd.sub.2 SnO.sub.4 layer onto a substrate, depositing a thin film of semiconductor materials onto the layer of Cd.sub.2 SnO.sub.4, and depositing an electrically conductive film onto the thin film of semiconductor materials.

Patents:
US 5,922,142   [MORE INFO]

Inventor(s): Xuanzhi Wu; Peter Sheldon; Timothy J. Coutts; Douglas H. Rose

Type of Offer: Licensing



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