Devices and Methods Featuring the Addition of Refractory Metals to Contact Interface Layers

Timothy Gessert (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

Disclosed embodiments include CdS/CdTe PV devices (100) having a back contact (110,112) with oxygen gettering capacity. Also disclosed are back contact structures (110, 112) and methods of forming a back contact in a CdS/CdTe PV device (100). The described contacts and methods feature a contact having a contact interface layer (100) comprising a contact interface material, a p-type dopant and a gettering metal.
Original languageAmerican English
Patent number10,651,323 B2
Filing date12/05/20
StatePublished - 2020

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/PT-5K00-77382

Keywords

  • CdS/CdTe PV devices
  • contact interface layer
  • contact interface material
  • gettering metal
  • p-type dopant

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