Patents by Inventor Kieran Tracy

Kieran Tracy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Photovoltaic device and method of formation
    Patent number: 10026861
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: First Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Sankin, Markus Gloeckler, Benyamin Buller, Kieran Tracy
  • PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED BACK ELECTRODE AND METHOD OF FORMATION
    Publication number: 20140261667
    Abstract: A back electrode for a PV device and method of formation are disclosed. A ZnTe material is provided over an absorber material and a MoNx material is provided over the ZnTe material. A Mo material may also be included in the back electrode above or below the MoNx layer and a metal layer may be also provided over the MoNx layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
    Inventors: Benyamin Buller, Igor Sankin, Long Cheng, Jigish Trivedi, Jianjun Wang, Kieran Tracy, Scott Christensen, Gang Xiong, Markus Gloeckler, San Yu