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IN2014DN03461A
IN2014DN03461A IN3461DEN2014A IN2014DN03461A IN 2014DN03461 A IN2014DN03461 A IN 2014DN03461A IN 3461DEN2014 A IN3461DEN2014 A IN 3461DEN2014A IN 2014DN03461 A IN2014DN03461 A IN 2014DN03461A
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layer
interface layer
semiconductor
interface
absorber
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Igor Sankin
Markus Gloeckler
Benyamin Buller
Kieran Tracy
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First Solar Inc
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  • Photovoltaic Devices (AREA)
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Abstract

An improved photovoltaic device and methods of manufacturing the same that includes an interface layer adjacent to a semiconductor absorber layer where the interface layer includes a material in the semiconductor layer which decreases in concentration from the side of the interface layer contacting the absorber layer to an opposite side of the interface layer.
IN3461DEN2014 2011-10-17 2012-10-16 IN2014DN03461A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US201161547924P 2011-10-17 2011-10-17
PCT/US2012/060397 WO2013059178A1 (en) 2011-10-17 2012-10-16 Photovoltaic device and method of formation

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IN2014DN03461A true IN2014DN03461A (en) 2015-06-05

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EP (1) EP2769419A1 (en)
CN (1) CN104247037B (en)
IN (1) IN2014DN03461A (en)
MY (1) MY178708A (en)
WO (1) WO2013059178A1 (en)

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