Patent ID: 9640699
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H01L,Y02E

Claim:
1. A photovoltaic device, comprising: a crystalline substrate having a first dopant conductivity; an interdigitated back contact, wherein the interdigitated back contact includes back surface field stacks and emitter stacks, and wherein the back surface field stacks and the emitter stacks alternate, and either at least one of the back surface field stacks or at least one of the emitter stacks includes: an n-doped noncrystalline layer directly on a crystalline n-doped layer, where the crystalline n-doped layer is in direct physical contact with the substrate, and a first transparent electrode is on the n-doped noncrystalline layer; and the other of the at least one back surface field stack or the at least one emitter stack includes: a p-doped noncrystalline layer directly on an intrinsic noncrystalline layer, where the intrinsic noncrystalline layer is in direct physical contact with the substrate, and a second transparent electrode spaced apart from the first transparent electrode is on the p-doped noncrystalline layer; and a front surface field structure comprising a crystalline layer on the substrate a noncrystalline layer on the crystalline layer, the crystalline layer and the noncrystalline layer being doped with dopants having a same dopant conductivity as the substrate.