Article with transparent conductive oxide coating
AssigneeVitro Flat Glass LLC
InventorsJames W. McCamy, Cheng-Hung Hung, Benjamin Kabagambe, Kwaku K. Koram, Zhixun Ma, Gary J. Nelis
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Abstract
A solar cell includes a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface. An underlayer is located over the second surface. A first conductive layer is located over the underlayer. An overlayer is located over the first conductive layer. A semiconductor layer is located over the conductive oxide layer. A second conductive layer is located over the semiconductor layer. The first conductive layer includes a conductive oxide and at least one dopant selected from the group consisting of tungsten, molybdenum, niobium, and/or fluorine.
Claims18
A method of making a coated article for a solar cell comprising:
- supplying a glass substrate having a first surface and a second surface;
- applying a first coating over the first surface of the glass substrate;
- forming a second coating over the second surface of the glass substrate, wherein the second coating is formed by:
- applying an underlayer over the second surface of the glass substrate;
- forming a first conductive oxide layer over the underlayer by a chemical vapor deposition process by applying a first metal precursor material comprising a metal to form a first film, and applying a second metal precursor material comprising a metal to form a second film, wherein the first film comprises tin oxide and tungsten and wherein the first film is formed using a tin precursor material and a tungsten precursor material selected from tungsten tetrachloride, and a second film formed over the first film, the second film comprising tin oxide and fluorine;
- applying an overlayer over the first conductive oxide layer;
- applying a semiconductor layer over the overlayer;
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- applying a second conductive layer over the semiconductor layer;
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- forming a functional layer over the first surface of the substrate, the functional layer comprising a layer having an average surface roughness in the range of 5 nm to 500 nm and a thickness in the range of 10 nm to 500 nm.
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