Abstract: A thin-film flexible solar cell built on a plastic substrate comprises a cadmium telluride p-type layer and a cadmium sulfide n-type layer sputter deposited onto a plastic substrate at a temperature sufficiently low to avoid damaging or melting the plastic and to minimize crystallization of the cadmium telluride. A transparent conductive oxide layer overlaid by a bus bar network is deposited over the n-type layer. A back contact layer of conductive metal is deposited underneath the p-type layer and completes the current collection circuit. The semiconductor layers may be amorphous or polycrystalline in structure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2001
Date of Patent:
April 15, 2003
Assignee:
SolarFlex Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Lawrence H. Sverdrup, Jr., Norman F. Dessel, Adrian Pelkus
Abstract: A thin-film flexible solar cell built on a plastic substrate comprises a cadmium telluride p-type layer and a cadmium sulfide n-type layer sputter deposited onto a plastic substrate at a temperature sufficiently low to avoid damaging or melting the plastic and to minimize crystallization of the cadmium telluride. A transparent conductive oxide layer overlaid by a bus bar network is deposited over the n-type layer. A back contact layer of conductive metal is deposited underneath the p-type layer and completes the current collection circuit. The semiconductor layers may be amorphous or polycrystalline in structure.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 25, 2001
Publication date:
March 6, 2003
Applicant:
Solarflex Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Lawrence H. Sverdrup, Norman F. Dessel, Adrian Pelkus